'Absolutely hard core' about headcount; Supercharger team cut

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: April 2024 (Reported by The Information on April 29-30, 2024; exact send date not given in the source retrieved)
To:: Tesla executives

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absolutely hard core [...] don't obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test

About this email

In an email to executives first reported by The Information, Musk finalizes a further round of layoffs, including the entire Supercharger team, saying Tesla must be 'absolutely hard core' about headcount reduction and targeting staff who 'don't obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test'.

Notes

The Information is paywalled; only the phrases below were retrieved verbatim, via Electrek's relay. Longer passages were quoted by The Information, Reuters and CNBC and should be added from those sources.

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Leaked to press; attribution widely reported.

Tesla, executive & internal. Tags: layoffs, headcount, supercharger, executives

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