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One of Elon Musk’s top lieutenants has left his job at Tesla in the middle of the deeper sale and a shooting bar for autonomous driving, artificial intelligence and robotics.
Omead Afshar, who was promoted in North America and Europe to execute sales and business last year, left his role according to two people familiar with the decision. Jenna Ferrua, director of the North American human resources, also deviated from the company, they said.
Tesla, Afshar and Ferrua did not immediately respond to a request for comments. Bloomberg first reported the movements.
Afhar’s departure is a difficult time for Tesla than the sales and decline in profits decrease. It suffered from a lack of new models, an increased competitive in particular in China and a counter reaction against Musk’s right-wing political activism in Europe and the support of President Donald Trump.
Teslas Worldwide EV deliveries fell by 13 percent in the first quarterAnd its net income dived by 71 percent. This was promised Muschus to promise “Allocat (e) much more from my time to Tesla” and to shorten the time he spends in Washington. His so -called Ministry of Government Efficiency has controversially deleted state jobs and editions.
Since then, Musk has left his government role and put together publicly with the President.
However, Tesla could not reverse the trend, whereby sales in Great Britain and Europe declining 28 percent in May, the fifth month in a row. The EV manufacturer will report the global delivery numbers of the second quarter next week. Analysts predict a further double -digit fall.
Afshar has been working for Tesla since 2017, starting in the Chief Executive office, before monitoring the construction of his huge Giga Texas production plant in Austin from 2020.
He was described as as as “Firefighter” and “Henker” Financial Times previously reported for the richest man in the world who was moved through the various Musk companies to solve difficult problems and make mass decisions.
At the end of 2022 he was part of the “Transition team” This fired more than 7,500 people on Twitter – now renamed the X – and got the nickname “The Elon Whisperer” from colleagues because he was able to read the mood of the Mercurial billionaire. Last year he helped to carry out a 10 percent reduction In Tesla’s workforce, which has replaced around 14,000 jobs.
It was not clear whether Afshar was assigned to another part of Musk Empire after leaving Tesla.
Musk carries out a broader revision of the EV manufacturer and relies on autonomous driving, which is powered by artificial intelligence and a humanoid robot called Optimus. Last week Tesla started A pilot program of the self-driving robotaxis in Austin, which it means, will ultimately lead to the owners of the owners to rent their cars via a trip app app if they are not used.
However, the technology is examined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration after several accidents under poor conditions such as fog or sun gloss. Tesla is only dependent on cameras that are mounted on his vehicles, while competitors such as the driverless taxis from Google use more expensive radar and lidar sensors.
