Tesla is looking for a country manager in Singapore

Electric vehicle major Tesla Motors is looking for a country manager in Singapore, where it’s also looking to fill seven other positions.

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In a listing posted today, the Elon Musk-led company said it is seeking a manager in the city-state to lead its sales operations, help bring Tesla to market in volume, and streamline the company’s retail presence across the country.

The US-based company is also looking for a “Tesla advisor” who’ll be tasked with supporting customers through their purchasing journey. Tesla has also posted at least six other positions focused on service such as service advisor, service manager, and store leader.

Tech in Asia has reached out to Tesla for more details.

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Earlier this year, Singapore’s Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said the country aims to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles and “have vehicles run on cleaner energy by 2040.” Tesla entering Singapore would help the country reach this goal faster, as it already has a number of road-ready vehicles for sale.

In the past, however, Musk said that the Singapore government was unsupportive of electric vehicles. In an interview with Bloomberg last year, the city-state’s minister for water and environment resources Masagos Zulkifli dismissed the remark, saying that what the EV giant really wants to produce is a “lifestyle.”

“We are not interested in a lifestyle. We are interested in proper solutions that will address climate problems,” he said.

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In addition to Singapore, Tesla is on a hiring spree in Shanghai, Reuters reported. A post on the Tesla human resources department’s official WeChat account says that the company is looking to onboard designers for its studio in the country, plus roughly 1,000 factory workers.

This follows the company’s previously announced plan to open a design and research center in China, the biggest auto market globally, to make “Chinese-style” cars.