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Elon Musk’s shock firing of Supercharger team sparks broader fears about the future of the EV industry – ‘Tesla is yielding the charging crown’
Tesla has been cutting back as growth in EVs has slowed considerably, but firing his Supercharger team has left many diehard supporters in disbelief.
Now the electric vehicle industry is no longer growing exponentially, he’s pivoting towards robotics having sacked more than a tenth of his workforce, shelved plans to build a low-cost car and fired his head of fast charging. While adjustments in headcount are inevitable, Musk’s decision to also sack Rebecca Tinucci’s entire Supercharger team —while at the same time ploughing $10 billion this year alone into an AI strategy —sparked confusion and disbelief in the ranks of a Tesla community that once believed the company would grow EV sales tenfold from current levels by 2030. Christoph Stürmer, an electric mobility expert with Berlin-based Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN) pushed back against the notion that the hard part for Tesla was over, especially as more carmakers will now be directing their U.S. customers to its Superchargers.
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