Tesla loses key execs but hires a new one from GM’s failed robotaxi company

There’s immoderate enforcement shuffling going connected astatine Tesla. Two cardinal leaders person near precocious – 1 of them being fired by CEO Elon Musk – but the institution besides hired an exec from Cruise, GM’s failed robotaxi company.

Yesterday, reports from Forbes and CNBC said that Musk had fired Omead Afshar, who formerly led operations successful North America and Europe and was a adjacent confidant of Musk’s. (Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal besides reported that Afshar near the company, though did not accidental helium was fired.) The firing follows a large slump successful income for Tesla’s automotive concern – last quarter, gross for that enactment fell 20 percent year-over-year.

Afshar archetypal joined Tesla successful 2017, wherever helium started arsenic a task manager successful the bureau of the CEO, according to his LinkedIn. In 2022, helium was reportedly investigated internally for a solid acquisition for a concealed project.

Tesla besides recently lost Milan Kovac, its VP who headed up the Optimus humanoid robotics team. Kovac said that helium near due to the fact that helium needed to walk much clip with household abroad. Musk thanked Kovac in a reply.

To adhd to its enforcement ranks, though, Tesla hired Henry Kuang, who formerly was Head of Autonomy astatine Cruise, Electrek reports. He lists his rubric arsenic “Director, AI / Deep Learning for Autonomous Driving” connected his LinkedIn, which says helium started successful the occupation successful May. Tesla is ramping up its robotaxi efforts, though the archetypal motorboat this period has been rocky.