Tesla has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees, including senior executives and most of the Supercharger team. The desperate move comes on the heels of recent mass layoffs of 14,000 employees, part of what Musk claims is aimed at cutting costs for the struggling EV company. It is an “absolutely powerful” plan.
The Verge report Elon Musk’s Tesla is said to be grappling with challenges on multiple fronts, including declining profit margins, increased competition in the EV market and reputational issues. These latest layoffs come just two weeks after Tesla began laying off at least 14,000 employees, about 10% of its global workforce.
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk speaks via video link at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg
Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla’s senior director of EV charging, will leave the company on Tuesday, along with most of the 500-person team that oversees Tesla’s Supercharger network, the Information and Electrek report. Additionally, new car program director Daniel Ho and his team were also let go.
In an email to executives Monday night, Mr. Musk emphasized his desire for Tesla to be “absolutely hardcore” about cutting jobs, saying he wanted Tesla to be “absolutely hardcore” about cutting jobs, saying it would “take advantage of excellent, necessary and reliable testing.” Staff working under executives who clearly have not passed the test will likely respond in a similar manner. Face finished. The full scale of these new layoffs remains unclear, but Bloomberg previously reported that Tesla’s total layoffs, which began earlier this month, could reach 20% of its workforce, or more than 20,000 people. .
Tinucci’s departure is particularly notable. She spent six years at Tesla and played a pivotal role in rolling out the Supercharger network. Her efforts included convincing other companies to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS), developed by Tesla. Despite her personnel changes, Musk assured that Tesla will continue manufacturing new Superchargers and complete those already under construction. That may be difficult to do after the entire team overseeing the network is eliminated.
Other notable departures include Daniel Ho, a 10-year Tesla veteran who served as director of vehicle programs and new product initiatives and program manager for the Model S, 3, and Y vehicles. Additionally, much of the public policy team, led by former policy and business development director Rohan Patel, who left during the previous wave of layoffs, was also let go.
These latest job cuts come in the midst of an already difficult year for Tesla. The company’s stock price plummeted as its profit margin fell to the lowest level in six years amid price cuts due to intensifying competition and declining demand for EVs. Additionally, Tesla is grappling with a number of reputational issues impacting the brand, including ongoing investigations into its Autopilot feature, a Cybertruck recall, and Musk’s controversial conduct online and in court.
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Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News, covering free speech and online censorship issues.
