Yesterday, reviews from Forbes and CNBC mentioned that Musk had fired Omead Afshar, who previously led operations in North America and Europe and was an in depth confidant of Musk’s. (Bloomberg and The Wall Avenue Journal additionally reported that Afshar left the corporate, however didn’t say he was fired.) The firing follows a significant stoop 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 undertaking supervisor within the workplace of the CEO, in line with his LinkedIn. In 2022, he was reportedly investigated internally for a glass buy for a secret undertaking.
Tesla additionally just lately misplaced Milan Kovac, the VP who headed up the Optimus humanoid robotics crew. Kovac mentioned that he left as a result of he wanted to spend extra time along 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.” Nevertheless, 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.