| It's by definition one-sided journalism, because there was no other side :) --- The Supercharger program got heavily deprioritized. > Tesla still plans to grow the Supercharger network, just at a slower pace for new locations and more focus on 100% uptime and expansion of existing locations > https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1785406795814510785 Electric car charging stations exist only through subsidization. Tesla got only 17% of the federal NVEI grants (which they were disappointed by, given that they sell more electric cars than every other automaker combined). So rather than burn their own cash to build charging networks, Tesla will let the other interested actors do it, as Tesla focuses on building cars. --- Musk had already announced that Tesla would be laying off 10% (so ~14,000 people), in a corresponding adjustment to year-over-year sales. Musk said that he would not keep any executive "who retains more than three people who don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test." He and Rebecca Tinucci (supercharger lead) disagreed over what changes to make. Musk decided to clean slate rebuild the Supercharger program. (No, not every single person will be gone.) |