Laying off the vehicle development and Supercharger teams is one thing, but if Elon is actually unfollowing his chief stock pump sergeants then something really big is going down.

Of course this happens on the day that I get my car back from the shop and have to drive 11 hours back to Oregon. I can't tell exactly what is going on here, but it feels like nothing is going to be quite the same by the time I get home.

@axios.com has an article now

"Everyone is in complete shock": Tesla cuts Supercharger employees

CEO Elon Musk has long described the company's Superchargers — the world's largest EV charging network with more than 50,000 plugs — as a competitive advantage and key to EV sales growth.

Since deleted as far as I can see...

He has probably been hearing things he does not want to hear from them. Have they not been 100% supportive of his plans?

I'm feeling... hope.

That China deal must have a LOT of strings attached.

Clearly the sound, growth-focused decisions of a CEO that angling for a $50B+ comp package

Sawyer's infatuation for Musk was always *cringey*. Glad I'm not on X anymore.

is he imploding? 👀