Tesla's Supercharger Team laid off - What does it mean? | Tesla Motors Club Podcast #64
About this episode
Tesla’s Supercharger team shakeup takes center stage: reports of a scorched-earth layoff, possible rehiring, and how that timing clashes with supercharger expansion goals. The hosts connect the drama to low morale, institutional knowledge loss, and rising vandalism (cut charging cables, hit stations, removed bollards). They also debate Tesla’s 0.99% Model Y financing push, shareholder proxy vote drama around Elon’s pay and Texas reincorporation, and how these moves may be aimed at boosting near-term stock performance. The episode ends with a spirited discussion of an FSD class-action lawsuit.
In this episode, our hosts discuss the Tesla Supercharging team layoffs (00:48), the increase in incidents of Supercharger vandalism (12:37), Tesla’s using financing as another knob to juice vehicle demand (20:05), drama surrounding the upcoming shareholder vote (28:38), and the FSD class action lawsuit (40:20).
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