Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has taken over the supervision of Tesla Inc.’s sales in Europe and the USA will follow this departure The people familiar with the matter said of the long -standing deputy Omead Afshar.
Afshar was responsible for Tesla’s sales and manufacturing business in North America and Europe before leaving the EV manufacturer at the end of the last month. After he left, Musk and Tom Zhu, a senior Vice President Vehicle deliveries.
ZHU, which is based in China, will continue to monitor Tesla’s turnover in Asia and take over the production transactions worldwide. According to the persons familiar with the changes who refused to discuss the discussion of private information.
Representatives of Tesla did not respond to inquiries about comments. The shares of the automobile manufacturer ended by 4.8% in New York on Tuesday.
In the three months that ended in June, Tesla probably delivered around 389,400 vehicles, according to the analysts compiled by Bloomberg. That would be about 12% compared to a previous year after A 13% drop In the first quarter.
With musk alienating Some car buyers in the most important markets and the introduction of more affordable models are obviously delayed. Investors are now tensioning on a second annual decline in the Tesla automotive sales in a row. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg forecast the company on average, which the company will deliver around 1.65 million vehicles in 2025, which corresponds to a decrease of around 8% compared to 1.79 million in the previous year.
Musk’s focus on Europe is remarkable when you consider that it is called Tesla’s region Weakest market. The company’s new vehicles across Europe fell 28% in May and fell 37% in the first five months of the year, as Chinese electric car manufacturer of Byd Co. Obtained soil.
The CEO has probably contributed to Tesla’s demand problems, whereby the surveys determine Germany And Great Britain. He also supported right-wing extremist parties and candidates in Europe who have used protests and vandalism acts FrancePresent Italy And elsewhere.
After he had committed to turning his focus Back to Tesla After working in Washington for months, Musk repeatedly lacked President Donald Trump, opened a new political party and swore to finance the primary challenges against congress members who vote for the draft law for the US expenditure.
Since ZHU is now responsible for global production, his direct reports include Hrushi sagarThe Teslas factory in Fremont, California, and Jason Shawhan, who monitors his plant in Austin, monitored, said the persons familiar with the matter. Troy Jones remains Vice President of North America Sales and now reports to Musk, according to these people, and refused to speak publicly about this matter.
It is unclear whether the revised administrative structure is permanent or whether the reporting could still change.
ZHU came to Tesla and quickly in April 2014 and quickly rose through the rowsHead of the company’s construction and opening factory in overseas in Shanghai as Vice President of Greater China. In April 2023 he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Automotive Operations, the expansion of his task to global production, sales, deliveries and service and the move to the USA.
Tesla sent Zhu Back to China And he returned to a more regional role last year after Tesla came across a number of technological and regulatory obstacles that deal with the start of his advanced driver assistance characteristics in connection with the start of the advanced characteristics.
Chinese authorities have since Published guidelines for the draft With regard to the transfer of automobild data into overseas, a step becomes potentially the way for a broader introduction of Tesla’s driver assist functions in the country.
