A Tesla Executive Reassured Supercharger Team Days Before Musk Fired Its Staff

Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired

The division responsible for the car-maker's huge fast-charging network is being axed to cut costs.

A Tesla Executive Reassured Supercharger Team Days Before Musk Fired Its Staff

Tesla staff say firm's entire Supercharger team fired

Tesla has fired its entire Supercharger division, staff who worked in the team say. There are over 50,000 Superchargers globally, the company says, making it the world’s largest fast-charging network for electric vehicles. Boss Elon Musk said the firm would cut one in ten jobs, as it faces strong competition from less expensive rivals. It needed to be “absolutely hard core” about cost reduction, he wrote in a memo first reported by The Informati…