Tesla has fired the Supercharger team

[WetEV]

https://electrek.co/2024/04/29/tesla-conducting-more-layoffs-including-entire-supercharger-team/

Electrek’s Take​

Firstly – it makes absolutely no sense to lay off the Supercharger team. Supercharging is an incredible opportunity for Tesla, especially now that everyone else has adopted NACS.


Tesla has a fairly simple business case from here on out to become the leading “gas station of the future.” With its experience and lead on Superchargers, its more reliable and better-designed stations, and its existing business footprint with so many stations installed around the globe, the company has a natural lead. This business case is even stronger now that the entire industry is behind NACS.


To lay off that whole team just when the company has earned such a big win, when billions in public money is available for buildout (which would not have been available without industry NACS adoption, which was, again, spearheaded by Tinucci’s negotiations), and when there is a lead to be maintained, is absolutely crazy. This move, alone, would erode any confidence I had left in Tesla’s CEO – if I still had any.

 

[coulomb]

This is widely reported, but it seems that Electrek is the source everyone is quoting, and they say it was first reported by theinformation.com.

I'm sceptical of this story's accuracy. Musk certainly has been hard-core about layoffs before, but this seems ridiculous, even for the enigmatic Mr Musk.

 

[WetEV]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/new...percharger-sites-in-new-york-city/ar-AA1nWH21

https://electrek.co/2024/04/30/tesla-pulling-back-supercharger-plans-firing-team/

 

[Chad E. Mo]

Reuters has confirmed the team dismissal:
https://www.reuters.com/business/au...rging-team-leaving-customers-dark-2024-04-30/

Musk's decision to dismiss the head of the business, Rebecca Tinucci, and most or all of the staff that operated and maintained the system, according to two former employees and multiple postings on LinkedIn, left officials at automakers and Tesla suppliers uncertain about the future.

 

[cwerdna]

https://www.dea.gov/factsheets/ketamine