> but this layoff pushed me away from the brand.
Why? They already have the largest network in the industry. And whatever the news says, they not gone fire everybody involved and stop making more superchargers.
Why? They already have the largest network in the industry. And whatever the news says, they not gone fire everybody involved and stop making more superchargers.
The entire supercharger division was laid off [0], from the head of the BU (Rebecca Tinucci) to all the ICs.
[0] - https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/musk-d...
I have serious question about what 'entire' means here. This is almost certainty a reorganization and not everybody is gone. Manufacturing and maintenance is certainty gone continue.
Musk then said:
> Musk subsequently said on X that the carmaker still plans to expand the Supercharger network, "just at a slower pace for new locations and more focus on 100% uptime and expansion of existing locations."
The reality is, Tesla Superchargers are still far more reliable then the competitors (at least in the US). And its unlikely that these firing will change that balance anytime soon.
I'm not saying you should buy a Tesla, but this reason doesn't really add up to me.
There is literally 0% chance that literally everybody related to Superchargers was fired. There is 0% chance that the whole maintenance organization was fired.
The sources that are suggest here its comments from fired employees, and those kinds of comments can very much lead exacerbation.
This isn't the first time we got reports that 'every XY' was fired and it turned out to not actually be true in various ways.
The only sources we have say they fired the entire division. Sure, we can wait for the dust to settle before conclusively saying what happened but "literally 0% chance" is objectively wrong.
Tesla had a large layoff several weeks ago. Some execs pushed back, requested waivers or flat out refused to comply. Elon says: can't give me 20%? How about 100%.
This is all about sending a message to executive staff about who is in control. Not about the business unit, not about performance.