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SF Chronicle – Elon Musk announces fresh layoffs at Tesla, going ‘hard core about headcount’

Three key execs jumped ship in the last few weeks, 14,000+ employees laid off, plus the CFO left in August. And today it is announced that two additional key execs are pushed out along with hundreds of subordinates. Rebecca Tinucci was the senior director of Tesla’s Supercharger division and the highest ranking woman executive at Tesla. The Supercharger has been Tesla's greatest success and other EV manufactures have had to adapt to its standard. It has also been key in Tesla sales because having many chargers alleviates range anxiety. Daniel Ho was the head of the new vehicles program and was with Tesla for almost 11 years after being at Ford for over 12 years. If Tesla was going to bring out a new lower cost Tesla then Ho would have been the one doing it.
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Futurism.com – TO EXPERIENCE PURE ANXIETY, WATCH THIS VIDEO OF A SELF-DRIVING CAR NAVIGATING INDIA’S CHAOTIC TRAFFIC

Article from Futurism.com, with a video, showing an autonomous vehicle driving the chaotic streets of India. Somehow the article fails to point out the irony of spending lots of money trying to develop an autonomous vehicle for a place where human drivers are extremely cheap.
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TechCrunch – Tesla Autopilot investigation closed after feds find 13 fatal crashes related to misuse

Editors note: this article is useful because it provides more details on the NHTSA findings. In particular, the NHTSA stated evidence that “Tesla’s weak driver engagement system was not appropriate for Autopilot’s permissive operating capabilities.” See full original article by Sean O’Kane of TechCrunch The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…

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