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Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them (arstechnica.com)
submitted 7 months ago by flop_leash_973 to c/technology
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I can't imagine anyone that has decent prospects would agree to go back to Tesla after getting canned with those kinds of wild swings in decision making.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Certainly sometime before that and the purchase of X but at one point with tesla, spaceX, and solar/battery stuff he seemed to be going somewhere. even the boring company. It was around or post hyperloop. I think he needed an excuse for the boring company and then I dunno somehow lost it with it being impractical.

[–] machinin 10 points 7 months ago

The solar/battery stuff was just him saving an almost bankrupt company his cousins had. SpaceX and Tesla had both invested in the company, and he would have lost the money and like faced regulatory scrutiny had it went under.

Hyperloop was his effort to disrupt California's high-speed rail plans.

[–] cley_faye 7 points 7 months ago

Hyperloop? The failed project he pushed just to make sure other possible projects that would just work would not be done? Yeah, he was better back then… not.