Tesla head of manufacturing Omead Afshar fired by Elon Musk
Elon Musk and Omead Afshar, CEO of Tesla Inc., left an event on Monday, January 7, 2019 at the company’s production facility in China.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired Omead Afshar, Vice President of the Automobile Producer Production and Operations, CNBC confirmed this year after the decreases in car sales in the key markets.
According to the internal organizational graphics displayed by CNBC, Afshar reported directly to Musk, leading a team of more than half a dozen high -level employee.
Forbes He first reported that Afshar was dismissed by Musk. Bloomberg He previously reported that Afshar had left the company.
Among the executives in Afshar’s team were Tosla’s Vice President of North America, Troy Jones and Joe Ward, Vice President of Europe, Middle East and Africa Region. In addition, Karen Steakley, who has pioneered business development and politics for Tesla and previously assumed the role of the Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott.
CNBC has reached AFSHAR and other Tesla managers and board members. They did not respond immediately to the requests for comments.
Afshar, Bloomberg, which was the subject of an internal investigation in Tesla in 2022 Notified, For Musk, a special type of glass for a secret project, including a species of glass, was focused on construction materials that were difficult to buy.
After this investigation, Afshar also worked for Musk’s aviation and defense contractor SpaceX, but returned to Tesla and promoted to the role of vice president.
Afshar’s profile in X is still in Tesla, and this week, he praised Musk after the pilot Robotaxi service in Texas, Austin this week. don’t write“Thanks, Elon, for pushing us all!”
Afshar’s termination follows Milan Kovac, who was previously president of Tesla’s Optimus Humanoid Robotics program, at the beginning of this month. In an article in X, Kovac said he had left to spend more time with his family. Musk thanked Kovac for his work.
Tesla’s stock price fell 19% this year, and NASDAQ and Megacap have performed most of the majority of technology peers.
New car sales in Tesla Europe fell in a fifth plain month in May data On Wednesday, customers from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association or ACEA returned to European brands and cheaper Chinese electric vehicles.
The company has largely faced brand and reputation damage last year due to Musk’s fire -making rhetoric and political activity. Musk spent about $ 300 million to help choose US President Donald Trump in a second period, and then pioneered the attempt to interrupt federal agencies and resources.
Musk also officially approved and introduced Germany’s far -right, anti -immigrant AfD party.
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