Tesla Supercharger Network Growth Slows Down In Q2 After Exit Of Rebecca Tinucci And Other Employees Even As Elon Musk Brushes Aside Concerns
Tesla Supercharger Network Growth Slows Down In Q2 After Exit Of Rebecca Tinucci And Other Employees Even As Elon Musk Brushes Aside Concerns
EV giant Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) said on Tuesday that the number of its supercharger connectors globally rose in the second quarter, despite the company laying off several members of its supercharging team in April. The growth rate, however, has slowed significantly.
電動汽車巨頭特斯拉公司(NASDAQ:TSLA)週二表示，全球超級充電站連接器數量在第二季度增長，儘管該公司在4月份解僱了幾名超級充電團隊成員。然而，增長率已經明顯放緩。
What Happened: Tesla said that the number of supercharger connectors at the end of the second quarter was 59,596, 24% higher than the corresponding quarter of 2023.
事情的經過：特斯拉表示，第二季度末超級充電站連接器數量爲59,596個，比2023年同期增長24%。
The growth rate, however, has slowed significantly since the company announced layoffs of at least 10% of its global workforce in April. The layoffs impacted 500 members of the supercharging team and Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla's then Senior Director of Charging Infrastructure, left the company.
然而，自該公司於4月份宣佈全球範圍內裁員至少10%以來，增長率已經明顯放緩。這次裁員共影響到500名超級充電團隊成員，特斯拉充電基礎設施高級總監Rebecca Tinucci也離開了公司。
Superchargers grew only 3.5% from the end of the first quarter to the second, significantly lower than the quarter-on-quarter growth of 7.4% in the number of superchargers recorded through the fourth quarter. Even through the first quarter of 2024, superchargers grew by 4.9%.
自第一季度末至第二季度，超級充電站僅增長3.5%，遠低於記錄在四季度的季度同比增長7.4%的超級充電站數量。即使在2024年第一季度，超級充電站增長率也爲4.9%。
Why It Matters: However, during Tesla's annual shareholder meeting in June, Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed rumors on the death of its supercharger network as "greatly exaggerated."
爲什麼很重要：然而，特斯拉CEO埃隆·馬斯克在6月份的年度股東大會上，批判了有關超級充電網絡死亡的謠言爲“大大誇張”。
"Our supercharger network is continuing to grow," Musk said.
馬斯克說：“我們的超級充電網絡正在繼續增長。”
The company continues to grow its supercharger network while keeping an eye on capital efficiency and the places they are deployed, Musk said while adding that it will deploy more "working" superchargers this year than the rest of the industry combined.
該公司繼續擴展其超級充電網絡，同時關注資本效率和部署位置，馬斯克表示，今年將部署比整個行業其他公司加起來還要多的“工作”超級充電站。
Tesla will invest $500 million in expanding the network this year, Musk said, reiterating his investment goal from May.
馬斯克表示，特斯拉將在今年投資5千萬美元擴展其超級充電網絡，並重申了他在5月份的投資目標。