Tesla cuts 9% or 3,600 workers in bid to post a profit

By Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. is laying off about 3,600 workers mainly from its salaried ranks as it slashes costs in an effort to deliver on CEO Elon Musk’s promise to turn a profit in the second half of the year.
In an email to workers on Tuesday, Musk said the cuts amount to about 9 percent of the company’s workforce of 40,000.
Tesla would not say how much money the layoffs would save, but said no factory workers would be affected as the compan