What bill though? The Tesla charging system is a profit center… ok cool must kill the #1 feature of your brand. See what happens

Right? The people that have been justifying Tesla's stratospheric (read: way overpriced) market capitalization was that Tesla was going to be the next Exxon-Mobile with regards to providing "fuel" to EVs. Well, that ship has been sunk.

As you say, that was the #1 feature of their brand.

Oh well, they're providing plenty of opportunity for their competitors to swoop in and eat their lunch.

It is pretty clear that Musk fired entire org because the chief of the unit was not agreeing to layoffs. It is a move to send a signal. Very likely Musk will rehire many fired.

If he can... These people are likely in high demand. Wouldn't be surprised if EA or the joint venture by several legacy automakers scoops them up.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44649909/automakers-ev-ch...

Musk’s tweet re supercharger in the article said it all, too much focus on expansion and not enough focus on increasing availability and reliability of the existing infra.

That is utter BS, though. The supercharger network has been complimented as the most reliable charging network in north american for years now.

How are you going to maintain the network after firing all the talent? Why do expansion and maintenance have to be at odds?

National and Regional service companies that will inventory spares nearby and have available professionals to replace faulty units do exist. How much talent does making some phone calls and signing a contract require?

Clearly a lot considering the general state of the chargepoint, evgo, and ea networks.

Also consider that Tesla's chargers have thus far failed to achieve 800V charging, which is a death knell for any future facing network.

> Also consider that Tesla's chargers have thus far failed to achieve 800V charging, which is a death knell for any future facing network.

You're conflating ops with engineering issues.

I'm not. I'm merely adding evidence that maintenance-only is not a coherent business decision for the supercharger network.

If the Electrical Engineers were included in this layoff I would be surprised. But as you say, they failed to meet the 800v goal, so they probably deserve it too.