April 15 (Reuters) - Tesla will lay off more

than 10% of its workforce, tech publication Electrek reported on

Monday, citing an internal memo.

The world's largest auto-maker by market value had 140,473

employees globally as of December, according to its latest

annual report.

Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil

D'Silva)