David - Your prejudice against Tesla is so evident and overwhelming. I think that it is actually very counterproductive to the EV world. It seems to me that you're engaging in partisan politics, and that by continuously denigrating Tesla and Elon Musk at every turn you are promoting hatred which as I understand is against the EVDL List Conventions.
You are the moderator of this list and as such should sent an example for the rest of us. I think that a little moderation on your part is called for. Best regards, Rush Dougherty TucsonEV > -----Original Message----- > From: EV <ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org> On Behalf Of EV List Lackey via EV > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 4:55 PM > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Cc: EV List Lackey <evp...@drmm.net> > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: Tesla cuts 3 major departments > > Tesla has dismissed 3 entire teams: > > - Vehicle and new product development > > - EV charging > > - Public policy > > Tesla had ONE bad quarter. Boom, they've laid off "at least" 10% of the workforce > (I've read that it's really closer to 20%). They've also dumped 3 major > development teams and their directors. > > The importance of the first two seems pretty obvious. > > As I read it, the public policy folks would be the ones to negotiate with > governments for clearance to deploy those "robotaxis" that Tesla seems to have > bet their future on. > > This after one bad quarter. It seems a little rash to me, but what do I know? > > In more detail: > > 1. Tesla has dismissed Daniel Ho, director of vehicle programs and new product > introduction; and laid off his entire team. Ho had been with Tesla since 2013. > > 2. They fired senior director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci and laid off her entire > team. Tinucci was hired in 2018. > > 3. Rohan Patel, vice president of public policy and business development, resigned > earlier this month. Now Tesla has laid off the entire public policy team. > > Musk, in an email: "Hopefully these actions are making it clear that we need to be > absolutely hardcore about headcount and cost reduction. While some on exec staff > are taking this seriously, most are not yet doing so." > > Presumably (one hopes?) these functions will be taken over by some of Tesla's > other "hardcore" (overworked) employees. Sure glad I'm not one of them. > > More info: > > https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on- > superchargers-new-vehicles/ > > or https://v.gd/lrDabh > > https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-musk-trims- > senior-management-amid-more-layoffs-information-reports-2024-04-30/ > > or https://v.gd/YQoopg > > This article seems to suggest that with NACS becoming an industry standard, Tesla > doesn't really need to participate any more: > > https://www.designnews.com/automotive-engineering/tesla-supercharger-layoffs- > throw-industry-nacs-shift-into-turmoil > > or https://cntp.me/gPhNuPw > > ----- > > PS - Apart from the literal-more-than-decimation of Tesla's staff, this makes 5 top > brass who've left lately. Some of them had fairly long tenure. > > In addition to the 3 above, their longtime vice president of investor relations, > Martin Viecha, resigned recently. And earlier this month, Senior Vice President > Drew Baglino left. Baglino was in charge of engineering batteries and motors. > He'd been with Tesla for 18 years. > > Not exactly a rush for the exits, but still ... concerning. > > David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address > here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for > us would be good for the world. We must change our lives so that > it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what > is good for the world will be good for us. > > -- Wendell Berry = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. > www.avg.com _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
