Tesla also praised employees for helping bring Starlink
satellite internet service to Ukraine
Tesla will
reportedly pay its Ukrainian employees for at least three months if they’re
conscripted to fight the Russian invasion of their home country.
“For any Tesla
employees who is a Ukrainian national and has been asked to return to Ukraine for active
duty as a reservist, we will maintain their employment and salary for 3 months,
with a view to assessing after this period as needed,” Tesla noted in an email
to its employees in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, according to
CNBC.
In the email
sent on Monday, Tesla also praised its employees for helping SpaceX – its
chief Elon Musk’s
space venture – to bring its Starlink satellite internet service to Ukraine.
Tesla had
reportedly provided lithium-ion battery systems known as Tesla Powerwalls to
run the Starlink equipment in Ukraine.
Although the
electric vehicle manufacturing company does not operate in Ukraine, Tesla said
about 5,000 Tesla owners and other EV drivers in the country can get free
vehicle charging at some of its Supercharger stations in Poland, Hungary and
Slovakia.
“Within hours of implementation, Tesla emailed local owners
announcing that several Supercharger stations near Ukraine could be used by
Tesla and non-Tesla electric vehicles, free of charge,” the company noted.
“Tesla has
opened free Supercharging at stations bordering Ukraine to support those
impacted by the recent invasion,” it said in the email.
Tesla is not the
only automobile manufacturer responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Carmakers
General Motors and Ford also
suspended their business in Russia earlier this
month.
Swedish auto
brand Volvo Cars also
said it’s temporarily stopping its car delivery to Russia in light of
“potential risks associated with trading material with Russia, including the
sanctions imposed by the EU and US”.
A long list of
other businesses, including McDonald’s, Lego, Starbucks, Apple, and
Netflix have also halted some or all of their operations – or the delivery of
their products – in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tesla-ukraine-employees-russia-invasion-b2032655.html
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