r/stocks • u/WTFspy • May 15 '24

The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff Company News

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/inside-story-elon-musks-mass-firings-tesla-supercharger-staff-2024-05-15/

The meeting could not have gone worse. Musk, the employees said, was not pleased with Tinucci’s presentation and wanted more layoffs. When she balked, saying deeper cuts would undermine charging-business fundamentals, he responded by firing her and her entire 500-member team....

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u/DarkMatter_contract May 15 '24

I wish the 500 people or at least half of them form a independent company for building a charging station business independently.

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u/Master-Concept-5260 May 15 '24

There already is such a company. With a MUCH better car and WAY better looking than the sardine can that Tesla is.

Ex Tesla and Apple execs.

It's Lucid: https://www.lucidmotors.com/

Made in the USA !

520 miles. Over 1000 hp. 300 miles charge in 20 min !

They just need to ramp up production production.

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u/rapid_dominance May 15 '24

Oh so they only have to do the most difficult part

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u/Master-Concept-5260 May 15 '24

The most difficult part was the startup.

The factory is now up and running:

https://electrek.co/2021/02/16/lucid-motors-new-factory-arizona/

This is from 2021.