Elon Musk fires Tesla's entire supercharger team

Remarkable thing here is that other vendors such as Rivian and Ford just joined up to the supercharging network, and now we have to wonder: if the majority (entirety?) of the supercharging team has been laid off, is this infrastructure that Rivian and Ford presumably paid to access going to start failing and (figuratively) rusting away?

Re: Elon Musk fires Tesla's entire supercharger team

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Post by blackeyeblitzar » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 7:52 PM UTC

I wonder if this has something to do with his China visit. Like is he outsourcing this to someone else like BYD?

Re: Elon Musk fires Tesla's entire supercharger team

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Post by Reubend » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 8:13 PM UTC

tahoeskibum wrote: post #3

Is this really true or just clickbait being bandied about?

It's true.

Re: Elon Musk fires Tesla's entire supercharger team

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 8:15 PM UTC

[dupe]

Re: Elon Musk fires Tesla's entire supercharger team

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Post by nightshadetrie » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 8:16 PM UTC

I wonder if someone on their team angered Elon, or if it’s just related to a new strategy.

Elon will properly rehire those he needs from the team via extra compensation as needed.

Re: Elon Musk fires Tesla's entire supercharger team

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Post by vishalontheline » Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 8:24 PM UTC

nightshadetrie wrote: post #9

I wonder if someone on their team angered Elon, or if it’s just related to a new strategy. Elon will properly rehire those he needs from the team via extra compensation as needed.

Tesla's charging standard is now the standard that everyone's going to use. There are other companies building out chargers. Demand for EV's in general seems to be dropping, so Tesla's EV's will be the biggest beneficiaries of new EV chargers built by everyone else.

Given all of that, Tesla no longer needs to be in the supercharger game.