Tesla’s New York Jobs Target on Track as Buffalo Factory Expands Beyond Solar

The electric-vehicle, solar and storage producer must meet certain jobs requirements under an agreement with New York that offered Tesla tax benefits for siting its Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo. There are now 730 full-time workers employed at the Buffalo plant where Tesla's solar roof is produced, a number that encompasses both Tesla's own workers as well as those of Panasonic, its partner at the factory. A filing from Tesla shows that 329 of the factory's 730 employees are Tesla's own workers. Although Tesla achieved its 2019 job targets, the move to expand its Buffalo manufacturing beyond solar may draw more concern from within that industry.