The Tesla Supercharger team responsible for managing and developing electric vehicle charging stations across the United States has been fired.
William Jameson, head of Tesla’s strategic charging programs, told X. This news was given through the post said “Confirmed – @Tesla @elonmusk has let go of our entire charging org. What this means for the charging network, NACS, and the exciting work we’re doing across the industry, I don’t know yet. What a wild ride it’s been.”
Tesla developed the North American Charging Standard (NACS), which has been opened up to other manufacturers over the years. The national provision of charging stations was seen as a success, particularly given deals made with rival companies to use these locations.
Tesla Supercharger team removed
The news of the employee layoffs comes after a tumultuous few weeks for Tesla Elon Musk, Due to pressure from rival carmakers, the car company scaled back many of its flagship and flagship models globally and a national product recall was issued for Cybertrucks because the accelerator problem was putting people’s lives at risk.
Musk said in a memo, which was first reported InformationThat the electric carmaker had to be “absolutely fanatic” in cutting costs.
Tesla’s head of powertrain Drew Baglino and head of business development Rohan Patel submitted their resignations following the news that the workforce needed to be cut by 10%.
Musk continued his statement on downsizing Tesla “As part of this effort, we have conducted a thorough review of the organization and have made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce globally by more than 10%. There’s nothing I hate more, but it must be done. This will enable us to become lean, innovative and hungry for the next growth phase cycle.
The 14,000 employees and Supercharger team lead Rebecca Tinucci and head of new products Daniel Ho will not be involved in this next development phase cycle.
musk Posted on x “Tesla still plans to grow the Supercharger network, slowing down for new locations and focusing more on 100% uptime and expansion of existing locations,” it said after the layoffs.
This slow speed may be due to slow earning And the company reported growth earlier this month. These decisions to cut the cost of electric vehicles, high-profile hires, and one-tenth of the company’s headcount can, in part, be attributed to the less-than-favorable fourth-quarter earnings report.
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