Last night, The Information reported that roughly 500 people in Tesla's charging division are being cut from the company, including its senior director and head of new products. A quick perusal of LinkedIn, Reddit, X and other social media platforms shows scores of people who worked on the charging team at Tesla announcing their layoffs.
Musk's own memo to the troops doesn't provide much information or reassurance about the future of charging. 'We will continue to build out some new Supercharger locations, where critical, and finish those currently under construction,' Musk wrote, almost with the same level of interest as when he spoke of future Tesla models during last week's Q1 earnings call.
Astoundingly, the rest of the auto industry that was getting ready to partner with Tesla on charging seems blindsided as well today, leaving them with countless questions about what's next. 'We were surprised as anyone, and have no additional information than what's been reported,' one automaker official told me.
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