Tesla to lay off over 10% of staff as sales fall

The planned job cuts come after Tesla reported earlier this month that its global vehicle deliveries in the first quarter fell for the first time in nearly four years, as price cuts failed to stir demand. Picture: AP/Ebrahim Noroozi

Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales amid an intensifying price war for electric vehicles.

The world's largest automaker by market value had 140,473 employees globally as of December 2023, its latest annual report shows. The memo did not say how many jobs would be affected.