Tesla lays off Charger team amid hundreds of layoffs

The automaker has laid off 500 employees in a unit critical to its success and considered important to the future of electric vehicle sales in the United States.
Elon Musk gutted the part of Tesla responsible for building charging stations for electric vehicles, sowing uncertainty over the future of America's largest charging network large and most reliable.
The layoffs of around 500 Tesla employees, many of them speaking out on social media on Tuesday, have raised questions about agreements that Mr. Musk, the Tesla chief executive, made with executives at General Motors, Ford Motor and other automakers last year allowed cars made by other companies to use Tesla Supercharger stations .
Tesla's agreements with other electric car makers assured buyers that they would be able to find fast chargers on road trips, which which addresses one of the main reasons why many people hesitate to buy such cars. It was also seen as a coup by Mr. Musk, validating Tesla's technology and giving the company outsized influence over the auto industry.
Almost all major manufacturers have announced their intention to change models. hardware and software in their cars to make them compatible with Tesla chargers. Ford sent adapters to owners of its older electric vehicles so they can connect to Tesla's chargers.
Mr. Musk said on X, the social media site he owns, that Tesla would slow down building new charging stations and focus more on 100% availability and expanding existing locations.
On Monday, in an email to employees reviewed by The New York Times, Mr. Musk said he would disband "the entire group of about 500 people" who had worked at the construction of new Supercharger stations. In that message, he said the company would complete stations under construction and build new ones "where critical."
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Tesla lays off Charger team amid hundreds of layoffs

The automaker has laid off 500 employees in a unit critical to its success and considered important to the future of electric vehicle sales in the United States.

Elon Musk gutted the part of Tesla responsible for building charging stations for electric vehicles, sowing uncertainty over the future of America's largest charging network large and most reliable.

The layoffs of around 500 Tesla employees, many of them speaking out on social media on Tuesday, have raised questions about agreements that Mr. Musk, the Tesla chief executive, made with executives at General Motors, Ford Motor and other automakers last year allowed cars made by other companies to use Tesla Supercharger stations .

Tesla's agreements with other electric car makers assured buyers that they would be able to find fast chargers on road trips, which which addresses one of the main reasons why many people hesitate to buy such cars. It was also seen as a coup by Mr. Musk, validating Tesla's technology and giving the company outsized influence over the auto industry.

Almost all major manufacturers have announced their intention to change models. hardware and software in their cars to make them compatible with Tesla chargers. Ford sent adapters to owners of its older electric vehicles so they can connect to Tesla's chargers.

Mr. Musk said on X, the social media site he owns, that Tesla would slow down building new charging stations and focus more on 100% availability and expanding existing locations.

On Monday, in an email to employees reviewed by The New York Times, Mr. Musk said he would disband "the entire group of about 500 people" who had worked at the construction of new Supercharger stations. In that message, he said the company would complete stations under construction and build new ones "where critical."

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