US EditionTesla Loses Cybertruck, Model Y Program Chiefs
- On November 10, 2025, Siddhant Awasthi announced on X that he is leaving Tesla after more than eight years at the Elon Musk-led automaker.
- Sales and safety problems have contributed to Tesla's Cybertruck facing multiple recalls covering more than 63,000 U.S. units, including a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall of over 46,000, plus around 6,200 trucks last month.
- Starting as an intern, Siddhant Awasthi quickly led the Cybertruck and Model 3 program, helping ramp Model 3, working on Giga Shanghai, and delivering Cybertruck before turning 30.
- In his farewell post, Siddhant Awasthi thanked Tesla CEO Elon Musk and referenced the billionaire's $1 trillion pay package but offered no details on his next role.
- Given the gap between ambitions and sales, leadership churn continues as Tesla aims for 250,000 Cybertruck units despite selling more than 63,000 pickups in the first three quarters, amid vehicle program reorganizations.
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Cybertruck Leader Leaves Tesla After 8 Years
The executive leading Tesla's Cybertruck business is leaving the Elon Musk-run automaker after eight years. Siddhant Awasthi, the program manager for Tesla's Cybertruck and Model 3, said on LinkedIn that it wasn't an easy decision to depart the company, "especially with so much exciting growth on the horizon." He did...
Tesla loses major executives, including Cybertruck chief
Tesla is having a very tough year. Sales are down, the brand has been tarnished in the eyes of some customers by its CEO Elon Musk, tax credit incentives that brought in consumers have now expired — what else can go wrong?How about two major program managers leaving the company in a single day?On Monday, two Tesla executives who headed up major product initiatives separately announced that they were leaving the company: One who leads the Cybertr…
The Guy Responsible for the Cybertruck Is Suddenly Leaving Tesla
The head of Tesla’s Cybertruck program, Siddhant Awasthi, has announced that he’s leaving the company after more than eight years. After starting at the company as an intern, Awasthi became the product lead of the Cybertruck in September 2022, just over a year before it went on sale, per his LinkedIn profile. “This decision wasn’t easy, especially with so much exciting growth on the horizon,” he wrote in a Sunday post on the platform. “Tesla veh…
Tesla Cybertruck, Model Y leaders depart in growing exodus
Tesla Inc. is losing key leaders across its Cybertruck, Model 3 and Model Y programs, the latest in a series of high-level departures this year as the electric-vehicle maker struggles with volatile sales and an uncertain outlook.
Tesla’s Model Y program manager has left, too.
Just hours after Tesla’s former Cybertruck chief announced he would be stepping down, Model Y program manager Emmanuel Lamacchia said on LinkedIn that he’s also leaving the company, Electrek reports. [Link: Tesla loses program manager behind its most successful electric car | https://electrek.co/2025/11/10/tesla-loses-program-manager-behind-most-successful-electric-car/
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