Tesla Shocks Auto Industry With Overnight Firing of Entire Supercharger Department

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A Tesla at a Supercharger charging station
Tesla CEO Elon Musk effectively shut down the division that runs Tesla’s Supercharger business, dismissed two senior executives, and fired hundreds of other workers as part of a restructuring of the electric-car manufacturer.
In an internal memorandum, Musk wrote that the head of the supercharger group, Rebecca Tinucci, and Daniel Ho, head of new products, would depart the company along with their entire teams.
Musk told staff there was nothing he hated more, “but it must be done.”
“Hopefully these actions are making it clear that we need to be absolutely hard core about headcount and cost reduction,” he said, adding that “[W]hile some execstaff (sic) are taking this seriously, most are not yet doing so.”
In addition, Musk said that any manager at the automaker “who retains more than three people who don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test” should quit.
The firings include approximately 500 people in the supercharger group, the memo said.
The group operates the network of 50,000 Superchargers globally, making it the world’s largest fast-charging network for EVs. The network is one of the key reasons Tesla has enjoyed a commanding lead in EV sales and industry experts now question the future of the network and of Tesla’s ability to maintain its top position in EV sales.
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