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
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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
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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
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