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Two senior Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) executives are exiting the company on Tuesday, with hundreds more layoffs planned, as CEO Elon Musk prioritizes reducing costs, The Information reported, citing an internal email.
Rebecca Tinucci, senior director of Tesla’s (TSLA) Supercharger business, and Daniel Ho, director of vehicle programs and new product initiatives, will leave the company.
In an email sent by Musk to senior executives, the billionaire said he would lay off all staff working for Tinucci and Ho, including around 500 workers in the Supercharger team.
“Hopefully these actions are making it clear that we need to be absolutely hard core about headcount and cost reduction,” Musk said in the email. “While some on exec staff are taking this seriously, most are not yet doing so.”
Additionally, most of Tesla’s (TSLA) public policy team, formerly led by Rohan Patel, will also be laid off. Patel had suddenly exited Tesla (TSLA) earlier this month, along with battery development chief Drew Baglino.
The high-level departures followed Tesla (TSLA) announcing layoffs of more than 10% of its global workforce, with an aim of cutting costs and increasing productivity, as the automaker faces weaker sales and a fierce electric vehicle price war.