SEATTLE — The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E gets more power, a longer range and quicker charging, but the performance upgrade owners are likely to enjoy most will arrive by mail, in a cardboard box not much bigger than your smartphone came in. “Our gift to you,” the card inside reads: “Thousands more fast chargers.” It’s […]
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I charged 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E at a Tesla supercharger: How it went
SEATTLE — The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E gets more power, a longer range and quicker charging, but the performance upgrade owners are likely to enjoy most will arrive by mail, in a cardboard box not much bigger than your smartphone came in. Ford is the first automaker to gain access to esla’s DC fast charging […]
Elon Musk firing Tesla’s Supercharger team proves an unprecedented gift for the EV industry
Thanks to Elon Musk, the “single greatest talent acquisition opportunity in the industry” fell right into the lap of Aaron and Stephanie Luque—and they weren’t about to let the opportunity pass them by. When the couple first founded their Georgia-based EV infrastructure company, EnviroSpark Energy Solutions, Aaron would go to their local Tesla showroom in […]
Elon Musk reportedly axed the entire Tesla Supercharger team after its division chief defied orders and said no to more layoffs
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last month he was dissolving the company’s Supercharger team.Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Tesla’s Supercharger team was decimated after its chief said no to more layoffs, Reuters reported. Per the outlet, she had already laid off 15% to 20% of her team but Elon Musk wanted more […]
The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff
By Chris Kirkham, Hyunjoo Jin and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, they had high hopes as charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future, four former charging-network staffers told Reuters. After Tinucci had cut between 15% […]
Elon Musk realized he needs his Supercharger team after all, weeks after axing the whole division
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was dissolving the team behind the company’s Supercharger charging-station network last month.Apu Gomes via Getty Images; Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images It looks like Elon Musk realized he needs his Supercharger team after all. The mercurial billionaire axed the entire charging infrastructure team two weeks ago. But Musk is […]
Musk Brings Back Some Laid-Off Supercharger Team Employees
Tesla’s Fire & Hire: Musk Brings Back Some Laid-Off Supercharger Team Employees Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) reportedly started hiring back some of the around 500 members of its Supercharging team who were laid off last month. Max de Zegher, the director of charging for North America, is among the personnel who have been re-hired by Elon Musk, said Bloomberg. Apart from De Zegher, Rebecca […]
Tesla Rehires Some Supercharger Workers Weeks After Musk’s Cuts
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. has begun hiring back some of the almost 500 members of its Supercharging team that Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk dismissed late last month. Most Read from Bloomberg Chief among the personnel who have returned is Max de Zegher, the director of charging for North America, according to people with knowledge […]
After Firing Entire Supercharger Team, Elon Musk Reverses Course and Says He’ll Be Spending $500 Million on Growing the Charging Network
Hard Charging After firing senior director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci along with her entire 500-person team last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reversed course, claiming the company is still committed to spending “well over” half a billion dollars to grow its flagship network of Superchargers. “That’s just on new sites and expansions, not […]
Elon Musk backtracks on Supercharger network halt, says more chargers coming
Leave it to Tesla CEO Elon Musk to add more chaos to a situation that he ostensibly created in the first place. In a tweet on X early Friday morning, Musk addressed concerns many have had over his recent move to shrink down Tesla’s (TSLA) Supercharger team. “Just to reiterate: Tesla will spend well over […]
Making sense of Tesla’s Supercharger, autonomous strategies
Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has big plans to expand the EV maker’s Supercharger network by investing over $500 million into the project, according to a recent post on X. The irony lies in the fact that Tesla laid off a bulk of its Supercharger development team at the end of April. Gartner Vice President […]
BP looking to buy Tesla’s Supercharger sites in US, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) – BP’s electric charging unit is keen on buying Tesla’s Supercharging sites in the United States, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. BP “is aggressively looking to acquire real estate to scale our network, which is a heightened focus following the recent Tesla announcement,” the report quoted Sujay Sharma, CEO of BP Pulse Americas, as […]