Hundreds of employees, including top managers and the majority of its Supercharging team, have been laid off by Tesla, according to a report from the company. The hungry action comes in response to the significant, new dismissal of 14, 000 workers, which Musk claims is an “absolutely hard key” strategy to lower costs at the struggling Vehicle company.
Elon Musk’s Tesla has been dealing with problems on numerous fronts, including declining profit profits, increased rivals in the EV industry, and social issues, according to The Verge. These latest job cuts come only two weeks after Tesla initiated layoffs for at least 14, 000 staffers, about 10 percent of its overall global headcount.
Elon Musk and his comrade Xi Jinping ( Elon Musk/Twitter )
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks via film connection during the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. TPhotographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg
According to reports from the Knowledge and Electrek, the company’s top producer of EV charging, Rebecca Tinucci, along with most of her 500- people team overseeing Tesla’s Supercharging network, may be leaving the company on Tuesday. Also, Daniel Ho, the mind of the new cars system, and his team have also been let go.
Musk emphasized his desire for Tesla to be “absolutely hardcore” about the cuts in an email to managers on Monday night, stating that employees working under managers who “do n’t certainly pass the excellent, required, and reliable test” would likewise face termination. While the full scale of these new layoffs remains uncertain, Bloomberg previously reported that Tesla’s total headcount reduction, which began earlier this month, could reach as high as 20 percent of its workforce, potentially exceeding 20, 000 employees.
Tinucci’s departure is particularly noteworthy, as she played a pivotal role in the rollout of Tesla’s Supercharger network during her six- year tenure at the company. Her efforts included convincing other businesses to adopt the Tesla North American Charging Standard ( NACS) developed by her. Musk maintained that Tesla would continue to build and finish the Superchargers that were already being built despite the personnel changes. After the network’s entire team has been eliminated, it might be difficult to accomplish that.
Other notable departures include Daniel Ho, a ten-year veteran of Tesla who was responsible for program management for the Model S, 3 and Y vehicles as well as director of program programs and new product initiatives. Additionally, most of the public policy team, which was led by former company head of policy and business development Rohan Patel, who left the organization during the previous wave of layoffs, has also been let go.
These most recent job cuts occur in the course of Tesla’s already difficult year. As a result of price reductions brought on by increased competition and lower EV demand, the company’s stock price has fallen to six-year lows. Moreover, Tesla is grappling with a multitude of reputational issues impacting its brand, including ongoing investigations into its Autopilot feature, a recall of its Cybertruck, and Musk’s controversial behavior both online and in courtrooms.
Read more at the Verge here.
For Breitbart News, Lucas Nolan is a reporter covering issues involving free speech and online censorship.
