Millions For What? Tesla Reportedly Took $17M In Federal Charging Grants Before Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team
Millions For What? Tesla Reportedly Took $17M In Federal Charging Grants Before Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team
EV giant Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) reportedly earned over $17 million in charging infrastructure grants before it decided to lay off its supercharger team and downsize its charging infrastructure deployment goals.
據報道，電動汽車巨頭特斯拉公司（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）在決定裁員增壓器團隊和縮小充電基礎設施部署目標之前，獲得了超過1700萬美元的充電基礎設施補助金。
What Happened: As per a report from Politico, Tesla won about 13% of all EV charging awards from Biden's 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law, amounting to over $17 million in infrastructure grants as of February. Tesla reportedly claimed the amount to build a total of 41 charging stations.
發生了什麼：根據Politico的一份報告，截至2月，特斯拉贏得了拜登2021年兩黨基礎設施法中約13％的電動汽車充電獎勵，總額超過1700萬美元的基礎設施補助金。據報道，特斯拉聲稱總共建造了41個充電站。
However, fast forward to a few weeks later and the company is downsizing its supercharging goals.
但是，快進到幾周後，該公司正在縮減其增壓目標。
Experts see advantages in Tesla playing a major role in building the government-funded charging network, citing the company's existing infrastructure and expertise.
專家們以特斯拉現有的基礎設施和專業知識爲由，認爲特斯拉的優勢在建設政府資助的充電網絡中起着重要作用。
"It should lead to a generally larger and more robust network of stations," said Aaron Kressig, manager of the transportation electrification program at Western Resource Advocates, as per the report.
報告稱，西部資源倡導者協會交通電氣化項目經理亞倫·克雷西格說：“這將導致一個更大、更強大的車站網絡。”
Nick Nigro, founder of EV analysis shop Atlas Public Policy, highlights this strength: "Tesla is a company full of very smart engineers and other professionals who have accelerated the transition to electric vehicles. While their CEO gets disproportionate attention because of his antics, he does not define the company, and the company does not need his input to succeed."
電動汽車分析商店Atlas Public Policy的創始人尼克·尼格羅強調了這種優勢：“特斯拉是一家由非常聰明的工程師和其他專業人士組成的公司，他們加速了向電動汽車的過渡。儘管他們的首席執行官因其滑稽動作而受到不成比例的關注，但他並沒有定義公司，公司也不需要他的意見就能取得成功。”
Politico noted that Tesla's share of the federal monetary awards should ideally not raise antitrust concerns.
Politico指出，理想情況下，特斯拉在聯邦金錢獎勵中的份額不應引起反壟斷擔憂。
Why It Matters: Earlier this week, it was reported that Tesla's senior director of charging infrastructure was leaving the company and nearly her entire team was being laid off or reassigned.
爲何重要：本週早些時候，有報道稱，特斯拉充電基礎設施高級董事即將離開公司，她的整個團隊幾乎都被解僱或調職。
Tesla has decided to lay off 10% or 14,000 of its global workforce to cut costs and focus all efforts on achieving vehicle autonomy.
特斯拉已決定裁員其全球員工的10％或14,000人，以削減成本，並將所有精力集中在實現汽車自動駕駛上。
Following the report, Musk said that the company will continue to grow its supercharger network but at a "slower pace" for new locations.
報告發布後，馬斯克表示，該公司將繼續發展其增壓器網絡，但新地點的增壓器網絡 “步伐較慢”。
At the end of the first quarter, Tesla had 57,579 Supercharger connectors and 6,249 stations worldwide. The company also started opening its Supercharger network in North America to rival EV makers including Ford and Rivian in February.
在第一季度末，特斯拉在全球擁有57,579個增壓器連接器和6,249個加油站。該公司還於2月開始向包括福特和Rivian在內的競爭對手的電動汽車製造商開放其在北美的增壓器網絡。
Tesla's more than 15,000 Superchargers across North America make up three out of every four fast chargers in the region.
特斯拉在北美的15,000多個增壓器佔該地區每四個快速充電器中的三個。
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