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Tesla prepares for increased demand in China with new vehicle delivery team hiring ramp
Tesla has started hiring more Delivery Specialists for six of its locations in China, hinting at a healthy demand for the company’s vehicles like the locally-made Model 3 Standard Range Plus.
Tesla owner-enthusiast @Ray4Tesla found the job listings on the Tesla China website. As could be seen in the job listings, delivery specialists will assist new Tesla owners in coordinating the delivery process for their new electric car.
“As a Delivery Experience Specialist, your responsibility will be to create the most memorable moment in life for every Tesla owner. The Delivery Experience Specialist helps customers prepare vehicles, communicates with customers about delivery locations, and accompanies customers to demonstrate vehicle functions and systems,” Tesla wrote.
Tesla has ramped its home delivery initiatives, especially amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Even before the outbreak of the coronavirus, home deliveries have proven quite popular in locations such as China, as it provides owners with a convenient way to acquire their new vehicle. By hiring more Delivery Specialists, the company appears to be preparing to conduct a higher volume of customer handovers.
Another indication of surging demand in 🇨🇳. Today @Teslacn announced hiring of delivery specialists for 6 locations. Previous job posts all pertain to hiring front-line workers, technicians, engineers, team leaders. Hiring delivery staff is rare. Google translation is awful😂 pic.twitter.com/CPeWQCZT3z
— Ray (@ray4tesla) May 6, 2020
The hiring of more Delivery Specialists at several of Tesla’s China locations hints at growing demand for the company’s electric cars. Tesla’s growing demand in the largest auto market in the world was evident in March after the company saw a 450% increase in Model 3 registrations compared to the month prior.
Tesla has enjoyed a significant spike in sales and vehicle registrations while the rest of the Chinese automotive sector has struggled to thrive in current economic conditions. Reports indicated that the automotive industry in China was down almost 44% in March.
Gigafactory Shanghai is currently on pace to produce 200,000 vehicles per year according to the company’s Q1 2020 Update Letter. Tesla has also started offering additional configurations of the Model 3 to the local market. Today, interested buyers will be able to order not only the Model 3’s Standard Range Plus variant, but the Long Range and Performance version as well.
Giga Shanghai’s Phase 2 buildout is also currently underway, with the upcoming Model Y factory coming to form. Tesla, along with many analysts, predicts the Model Y will be the company’s most successful vehicle. So far, it is the only car in Tesla’s lineup to immediately turn a profit within its first quarter of production.
Tesla China’s Model 3 production lines at Gigafactory Shanghai are currently undergoing scheduled maintenance. In Tesla’s past attempts to update production lines, the short maintenance periods have opened doors for higher production capabilities. With demand growing in China, Tesla seems to prepare for more production and more deliveries, and the hiring of Delivery Specialists seems to be a notable part of the equation.
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Brazil Supreme Court orders Elon Musk and X investigation closed
The decision was issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes following a recommendation from Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet.
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has ordered the closure of an investigation involving Elon Musk and social media platform X. The inquiry had been pending for about two years and examined whether the platform was used to coordinate attacks against members of the judiciary.
The decision was issued by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes following a recommendation from Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet.
According to a report from Agencia Brasil, the investigation conducted by the Federal Police did not find evidence that X deliberately attempted to attack the judiciary or circumvent court orders.
Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet concluded that the irregularities identified during the probe did not indicate fraudulent intent.
Justice Moraes accepted the prosecutor’s recommendation and ruled that the investigation should be closed. Under the ruling, the case will remain closed unless new evidence emerges.
The inquiry stemmed from concerns that content on X may have enabled online attacks against Supreme Court justices or violated rulings requiring the suspension of certain accounts under investigation.
Justice Moraes had previously taken several enforcement actions related to the platform during the broader dispute involving social media regulation in Brazil.
These included ordering a nationwide block of the platform, freezing Starlink accounts, and imposing fines on X totaling about $5.2 million. Authorities also froze financial assets linked to X and SpaceX through Starlink to collect unpaid penalties and seized roughly $3.3 million from the companies’ accounts.
Moraes also imposed daily fines of up to R$5 million, about $920,000, for alleged evasion of the X ban and established penalties of R$50,000 per day for VPN users who attempted to bypass the restriction.
Brazil remains an important market for X, with roughly 17 million users, making it one of the platform’s larger user bases globally.
The country is also a major market for Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet service, which has surpassed one million subscribers in Brazil.
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FCC chair criticizes Amazon over opposition to SpaceX satellite plan
Carr made the remarks in a post on social media platform X.
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr criticized Amazon after the company opposed SpaceX’s proposal to launch a large satellite constellation that could function as an orbital data center network.
Carr made the remarks in a post on social media platform X.
Amazon recently urged the FCC to reject SpaceX’s application to deploy a constellation of up to 1 million low Earth orbit satellites that could serve as artificial intelligence data centers in space.
The company described the proposal as a “lofty ambition rather than a real plan,” arguing that SpaceX had not provided sufficient details about how the system would operate.
Carr responded by pointing to Amazon’s own satellite deployment progress.
“Amazon should focus on the fact that it will fall roughly 1,000 satellites short of meeting its upcoming deployment milestone, rather than spending their time and resources filing petitions against companies that are putting thousands of satellites in orbit,” Carr wrote on X.
Amazon has declined to comment on the statement.
Amazon has been working to deploy its Project Kuiper satellite network, which is intended to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink service. The company has invested more than $10 billion in the program and has launched more than 200 satellites since April of last year.
Amazon has also asked the FCC for a 24-month extension, until July 2028, to meet a requirement to deploy roughly 1,600 satellites by July 2026, as noted in a CNBC report.
SpaceX’s Starlink network currently has nearly 10,000 satellites in orbit and serves roughly 10 million customers. The FCC has also authorized SpaceX to deploy 7,500 additional satellites as the company continues expanding its global satellite internet network.
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Tesla Energy gains UK license to sell electricity to homes and businesses
The license was granted to Tesla Energy Ventures Ltd. by UK energy regulator Ofgem after a seven-month review process.
Tesla Energy has received a license to supply electricity in the United Kingdom, opening the door for the company to serve homes and businesses in the country.
The license was granted to Tesla Energy Ventures Ltd. by UK energy regulator Ofgem after a seven-month review process.
According to Ofgem, the license took effect at 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday and applies to Great Britain.
The approval allows Tesla’s energy business to sell electricity directly to customers in the region, as noted in a Bloomberg News report.
Tesla has already expanded similar services in the United States. In Texas, the company offers electricity plans that allow Tesla owners to charge their vehicles at a lower cost while also feeding excess electricity back into the grid.
Tesla already has a sizable presence in the UK market. According to price comparison website U-switch, there are more than 250,000 Tesla electric vehicles in the country and thousands of Tesla home energy storage systems.
Ofgem also noted that Tesla Motors Ltd., a separate entity incorporated in England and Wales, received an electricity generation license in June 2020.
The new UK license arrives as Tesla continues expanding its global energy business.
Last year, Tesla Energy retained the top position in the global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator market for the second consecutive year. According to Wood Mackenzie’s latest rankings, Tesla held about 15% of global market share in 2024.
The company also maintained a dominant position in North America, where it captured roughly 39% market share in the region.
At the same time, competition in the energy storage sector is increasing. Chinese companies such as Sungrow have been expanding their presence globally, particularly in Europe.