While a few years ago, models of You are here were quite expensive, the appearance of more affordable models, Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, allowed to attract new customers. But a few days ago, the American manufacturer hit even harder, drastically reducing prices by 17%!

The effect was not long in coming, as customers came en masse to order their new Tesla. From now on, the company under the leadership of Elon Musk is facing new difficulties related to the production capacity of its factories called “Gigafactory”, which leads to delivery delays.

Delivery delays due to Tesla’s success

This is news Berlin gigafactory which finds itself in trouble today: according to ReutersGerman Model Y customers who expected to receive their car in January will have to wait a bit longer, at least until February or March.

Faced with this influx of new orders, the main reason for these shipping delays is lack of employees at Tesla’s new German factory. The American firm initially planned to hire 12,000 workers at the Gigafactory in Berlin to produce the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, but in the end managed to hire only 7,000 people.

Goals not achieved

This labor shortage is the main reason the Gigafactory in Berlin was unable to meet its initial target of producing 500,000 cars last year.

But Tesla is now engaged new recruitment campaignup to 200-300 new employees per week, which will soon place about 9,000 employees in Berlin.

Highly competitive German industry

One of the reasons Tesla has struggled to recruit in Germany is that the local auto industry is highly competitive: indeed, Tesla’s rivals such as Volkswagen are willing to pay their workers better, which attracts more labor at home. According to the latest information, the salaries offered by Tesla will be 20% lower than those of the competition.

In addition, German Tesla employees complain about the pace of work, as well as weekend work, which they are not used to. In this way, Tesla also hopes to recruit collaborators in Poland, whose border is not so far…