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.
据报道，电动汽车巨头特斯拉公司（纳斯达克股票代码：TSLA）在决定裁员增压器团队和缩小充电基础设施部署目标之前，获得了超过1700万美元的充电基础设施补助金。
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.
发生了什么：根据Politico的一份报告，截至2月，特斯拉赢得了拜登2021年两党基础设施法中约13％的电动汽车充电奖励，总额超过1700万美元的基础设施补助金。据报道，特斯拉声称总共建造了41个充电站。
However, fast forward to a few weeks later and the company is downsizing its supercharging goals.
但是，快进到几周后，该公司正在缩减其增压目标。
Experts see advantages in Tesla playing a major role in building the government-funded charging network, citing the company's existing infrastructure and expertise.
专家们以特斯拉现有的基础设施和专业知识为由，认为特斯拉的优势在建设政府资助的充电网络中起着重要作用。
"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.
报告称，西部资源倡导者协会交通电气化项目经理亚伦·克雷西格说：“这将导致一个更大、更强大的车站网络。”
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."
电动汽车分析商店Atlas Public Policy的创始人尼克·尼格罗强调了这种优势：“特斯拉是一家由非常聪明的工程师和其他专业人士组成的公司，他们加速了向电动汽车的过渡。尽管他们的首席执行官因其滑稽动作而受到不成比例的关注，但他并没有定义公司，公司也不需要他的意见就能取得成功。”
Politico noted that Tesla's share of the federal monetary awards should ideally not raise antitrust concerns.
Politico指出，理想情况下，特斯拉在联邦金钱奖励中的份额不应引起反垄断担忧。
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.
为何重要：本周早些时候，有报道称，特斯拉充电基础设施高级董事即将离开公司，她的整个团队几乎都被解雇或调职。
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.
特斯拉已决定裁员其全球员工的10％或14,000人，以削减成本，并将所有精力集中在实现汽车自动驾驶上。
Following the report, Musk said that the company will continue to grow its supercharger network but at a "slower pace" for new locations.
报告发布后，马斯克表示，该公司将继续发展其增压器网络，但新地点的增压器网络 “步伐较慢”。
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，特斯拉在全球拥有57,579个增压器连接器和6,249个加油站。该公司还于2月开始向包括福特和Rivian在内的竞争对手的电动汽车制造商开放其在北美的增压器网络。
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多个增压器占该地区每四个快速充电器中的三个。
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