Thank you, Rush!
On Wed, May 1, 2024, 8:05 AM Rush via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> On Behalf Of EV List Lackey via EV > > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 4:55 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: EV List Lackey <[email protected]> > > 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. 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