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Barely two weeks after initiating layoffs for at least 14,000 staffers, Tesla is now reportedly laying off hundreds more \u2014 including senior executives and the majority of its Supercharging team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
According to an email first reported by The Information<\/em><\/a> <\/em>and then <\/em>Electrek<\/em><\/a>, the automaker\u2019s senior director of EV charging Rebecca Tinucci is leaving the company on Tuesday, alongside most of the 500-person team she oversaw. Tesla\u2019s head of the new vehicles program, Daniel Ho, is also out along with his team. These cuts come in addition to the recent 10 percent workforce reduction<\/a> \u2014 and Musk\u2019s email leaves room for more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the email sent to executives last night, Musk said he wants Tesla to be \u201cabsolutely hard core\u201d about the cuts, and that staffers working under executives who \u201cdon\u2019t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test\u201d would also be out of a job. While the full scale of these new layoffs is unclear, Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> <\/em>previously reported that Tesla\u2019s total headcount reduction that began earlier this month could end up being as high as 20 percent<\/a> of its workforce, or well in excess of 20,000 employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tinucci was notably responsible for the rollout of Tesla\u2019s Supercharger network during her six years at the company, including efforts to get other companies to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS)<\/a> developed by Tesla. In his email, Musk says Tesla will still build new Superchargers and complete those already under construction. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Others impacted by the new layoffs include Daniel Ho, a ten-year Tesla veteran who served as director of vehicle programs and new product initiatives, and as program manager for the Model S, 3, and Y vehicles. Most of the public policy team led by former head of policy and business development Rohan Patel (who left the company during the previous wave of layoffs) are also being let go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n