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Superchargers are the Crown Jewels of Tesla: Big Mistake to disband the unit !

Supercharger team lay off is of most concern to me. I’m struggling to see the logic of the scale.

Out of spec Kyle reported that his contacts at utility companies have lost all of their contacts with Tesla for super charger installs, upgrades, etc. That effectively means all new chargers are halted, updates that require more power to the site are halted and some reputational damage with the utilities. I'd say V4 chargers are on indefinite hold until the supercharger team is rebuilt. He also reported that all his contacts with other big OEMs reported that they lost contact with Tesla for the superchargers getting opened up to them, basically stalling that process. The European car brands are actually looking at reverting to CCS1. I'd say this dealt a lot of damage to NACS adoption, a very poor decision for the future charging ecosystem in the US.

Elon doing this to the charging team is moronic, needs to be fully explained to minimize the damage he has done

An LFP WITH 600+ miles is WILD. If they can get LFP to even 400 miles in a car the size of a model 3 or Y, that would be world changing. Battery density on a cheap, stable, and very long lasting battery like that would be AMAZING.

To the lay observer, these changes from a distance look like, I have an ingrowing toe nail. I have cut off my leg, that has fixed it.

I haven't had the need to use a supercharger yet. Once a week at home is all I need.

I was about to order the red with black interior. No longer since the increase. Hopefully they at least lower the cost for the red to bring it below the 55k. I will wait and see.

makes no sense to layoff the entire supercharging team. sounds like mental illness

Elon doesn't seem to value his staff. He uses them for the project at hand and then fires them once the project is complete. I know it's the most efficient, but these team members are extremely valuable and could be used for other new initiatives. He's short sighted imo.

One dodgy quarter and Tesla completely over-reacts and panics? I guess the best employee is no employee.

Supercharger team layoff sounds a lot like one of Musk's polar moods as described by Isaacson. Also, he has advocated getting rid of more people initially and then hiring back when it's discovered the layoff cut into the bone. That is quite hard on most people - to get fired and then weeks later a nevermind. The company's size doesn't lend to that kind of leadership anymore. He may want to permanently resemble a startup, but at a 6 digit workforce that is magical thinking.

When we gonna have a model S update??? Any idea?

Hey Ryan I would like to see the Dash Cam include documented mph listed. After market external dash cams units display mph, so why not Tesla. This feature offers protection against speeding tickets.

The appeal to work for Tesla was extremely high for many years 2015 to 2024. I'm glad I never went over. I considered it when they moved to Austin they had alot of engineering positions open.

How does laying off supercharger team help accelerate the world to EVs or sustainable energy or whatever tf their apparently bs values state

Got a used Tesla with basically no quality control problems. No rattles, no misalignment, no nonfunctional things, etc. Because of that, it’s the greatest car I’ve ever had or been in for the size. I wanted to not get a Tesla, but for the price they were still the best.

I really want to like Tesla but I find it increasingly difficult to do seeing how they treat employees. I understand that technology focused companies will need less staff as automation and AI improve. I wish the CEO's of companies would do more to advocate for a Universal income to ease this workforce transformation. Yes, this means companies will need to pay higher taxes but these workers being fired are still part of the economy. It's hard to buy a Blue Tick on X or pay for full self driving without an income. Workers that are prevented from joining a workers union are especially vulnerable. If a company CEO flat out refuses to support their workers joining a union they should definitely be advocating for universal income. Being a CEO requires a certain degree of diminished empathy in order to make the tough decisions. Sadly, too many CEO's seem to be dangerously lacking in empathy despite how much they may dispute it.

Elon has gone Howard Hughs on us.

You’d think the charging network would be a growing revenue center with other EV manufacturers committing to the standard. Maybe the cool down in overall EV demand has influenced the charging network profitability numbers? Or maybe Elon is just scrambling to save money.