Has Tesla launched school recruitment in China?

Tesla, which has just gone through a "big personnel overhaul" in the past two weeks, recently launched a low-key campus recruitment in China, with a total number of positions close to 500.

"Is Tesla recruiting R&D in China?" On the evening of the 23rd, at the recruitment briefing of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, a girl in the audience raised her hand and asked. "We do have a research and development team in China. I remember that we have established a research and development center in Beijing." The relevant person in charge of Tesla on the stage replied.

In fact, the R&D position mentioned by this girl is only one of the positions in Tesla’s large-scale campus recruitment in this round. There are far more than this one on the list of positions in this round of recruitment, and there are even Used Car Exchange Manager.

Tesla China’s current round of school recruitment is divided into sales-related, after-sales-related, G&A-related, Engineer&IT-related, internship positions, etc., including product sales specialist, pre-sales consultant, delivery experience specialist, customer There are a large number of support specialists, etc.

In terms of geography, in addition to Beijing, there are also many positions in Shanghai, covering many first- and second-tier cities in China such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Wuhan. A Tesla recruiter revealed that the total number of positions will be close to 500.

“The Chinese market is very important to Tesla.” Zhang Xiang, an independent automotive consultant, told reporters.

Recently, Tesla’s Chinese business has attracted increasing attention from all parties. On October 23, Tesla China announced that Tesla’s world’s largest supercharging station was completed at Lilac International Commercial Center in Pudong New Area, Shanghai. The charging station can accommodate 50 Teslas at the same time. This super charging station breaks the record of Asia's largest super charging station built in Beijing five months ago.

“We are bullish on Tesla. We predict that its sales and profits will increase significantly in the next five years. We predict that by 2022, sales will increase from 100,000 units this year. to one million units," Nomura Securities wrote in a Tesla research report sent to China Business News. Nomura Securities also believes that to achieve such sales, the Chinese market is a must-win for Tesla. Nomura Securities research report believes that by around 2022, China will be Tesla’s largest market.

However, Tesla still faces many challenges in the Chinese market. At present, "Tesla can only get a free green license even in Shanghai, but the purchase tax is not exempt and there are no subsidies." Zhang Xiang said that for Tesla, which needs to rely heavily on the Chinese market, it wants There is still a lot that needs to be done to attract more consumers.

According to the arrangement, after the Shanghai station, Tesla will go to Sichuan Normal University and Guangzhou University of Foreign Studies to give lectures in Chengdu and Guangzhou stations.

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