Yesterday, reviews from Forbes and CNBC mentioned that Musk had fired Omead Afshar, who previously led operations in North America and Europe and was a detailed confidant of Musk’s. (Bloomberg and The Wall Road Journal additionally reported that Afshar left the corporate, however didn’t say he was fired.) The firing follows a serious hunch in gross sales for Tesla’s automotive enterprise – final quarter, income for that group fell 20 % year-over-year.
Afshar first joined Tesla in 2017, the place he began as a venture supervisor within the workplace of the CEO, based on his LinkedIn. In 2022, he was reportedly investigated internally for a glass buy for a secret venture.
Tesla additionally not too long ago misplaced Milan Kovac, the VP who headed up the Optimus humanoid robotics staff. Kovac mentioned that he left as a result of he wanted to spend extra time together with his household overseas. Musk thanked Kovac in a reply.
Electrek reported Friday morning that Tesla had employed Henry Kuang, who, in a now-inaccessible LinkedIn profile, listed his title at GM’s Cruise as “Senior Director / Head of Autonomy” and his title at Tesla as “Director, AI / Deep Studying for Autonomous Driving.” Nonetheless, in an replace, Electrek mentioned that “Tesla denied hiring Kuang for the function listed in his LinkedIn profile.”
Correction, June twenty seventh: To Electrek, Tesla denied hiring Henry Kuang.
