AutoNation Appoints CEO and Director AutoNation, Inc., America’s largest automotive retailer, on Sept. 21 announced it has appointed Mike Manley as CEO and as a member of its Board of Directors, effective Nov. 1. Mike Jackson will retire from AutoNation on Nov. 1 as CEO and as a member of the Board of Directors. Manley currently serves as head of Americas for Stellantis and sits on the group’s Executive Council. Stellantis is among the largest automotive OEMs in the world, formed in January by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the PSA Group. Most recently, Manley served as CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. from July 2018 to January of this year. Manley holds an MBA from Ashridge Management College and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Southbank University. Source: AutoNation
Tesla Has Created 5,000 New Jobs in Austin This Year by Joey Klender, Teslarati
Tesla has already created 5,000 new jobs in Austin, TX, so far in 2021, according to a report from the Austin Chamber of Commerce. Companies expanding or relocating to the city pledged to create 20,840 jobs from January to September, with 150 companies contributing to the growth. The data shows Tesla is the company to pledge and create the most jobs. After announcing Tesla would epand its North American production footprint by erecting a new manufacturing facility in Austin, speculation began to intrigue many of those interested with how many jobs the electric automaker would contribute to the region. Tesla chose Austin over Tulsa, OK, amidst the ongoing COVID-19 crisis that put many people out of work and many businesses into bankruptcy. However, Tesla’s ultimate pledge was to help Austin recover its economic dominance by offering a substantial number of jobs to those who reside in the area.
ed” company in the Austin Chamber of Commerce chart, pledged 5,000 new employment opportunities in the region. KVUE, an Austin-based ABC affiliate, stated Tesla also created 5,000 jobs in the region thus far. With Tesla already having announced its headquarters will move from Palo Alto, CA, to Austin, this number could already be increasing as more employment opportunities will likely be created due to the company Tesla Gigafactory Texas as of Oct. 8. Credit: @JoeTegtmeyer/ moving its administraTwitter tive operations to Texas. Other notable comeconomic platform and reigniting panies to pledge considerable ema region known for strong com- ployment opportunities include mercialized residency. Tesla also Amazon, which pledged to create announced during the 2021 Share- 2,000 new jobs at a Texas fulfillholder Meeting its headquarters ment center. would officially move to the City of Austin. Tesla has created the most jobs so far and has also pledged to do www.autobodynews.com so. Tesla, considered an “expand Tesla was projected to create 15,000 new jobs at Gigafactory Texas eventually, with 9,000 new employment opportunities entering the state, growing Texas’
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