Tesla will deploy engineers and production staff from its recently upgraded Shanghai plant to help expand its Fremont, California plant, a move that could help the facility boost vehicle production, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tesla is mainly redeploying on-site employees, especially automation and controls engineers, to help ramp up production at the Fremont plant, people familiar with the matter said. Tesla currently produces the Model S, Model X and Model 3 at its Fremont plant.
About 200 people will travel to the Fremont plant and the mission will last at least three months, one of the people said. The first batch of Chinese employees will depart for the United States as early as this month, the person added.
A representative for Tesla China declined to comment.
