Tesla has reportedly fired Omead Afshar, the top executive widely regarded as 'Elon Musk's fixer'
Tesla
has reportedly fired
Omead Afshar
, its head of operations in North America and Europe, a top executive widely regarded as "Elon Musk's fixer." This comes amid declining sales and falling popularity for the electric vehicle brand in both regions, a report claims.
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Afshar, who joined Tesla as an engineer in 2017, had become one of Musk's key lieutenants. He was promoted to vice president to oversee business in North America and Europe in October 2024. Afshar's departure occurred just days before the end of the second quarter. According to a report by Forbes, this follows reports of Tesla's EV sales dropping for a fifth consecutive month in Europe while US sales are also down this year.
Meanwhile, the company also experienced a 15% sales decrease in its primary market, China, in May.
A November 2024 profile by The Wall Street Journal had described Afshar as "Musk's fixer" and one of the most influential executives at the company. He had moved to Tesla's headquarters in Austin last year when Musk restructured his leadership team. Afshar also recently took to the social media platform X (earlier Twitter) to celebrate the
robotaxi rollout
which also faced troubles post rollout.
Replying to a post shared by Musk, he wrote:
'Absolutely historic day for Tesla. This has been *years* of hard work and focus by so many people within the company. Thank you, Elon, for pushing us all!'
Afshar led the development of Tesla's factory in Austin, and his most recent job title on LinkedIn was simply represented by a cowboy hat emoji.
This is at least the second high-profile exit from Tesla in recent weeks. Milan Kovac, who led engineering for the company's Optimus humanoid robot project, recently resigned, stating he wanted to spend more time with his family.
Currently, Tesla has only three named executive officers: Elon Musk, Chief Financial Officer Vaibhav Taneja, and Tom Zhu, Senior Vice President of Automotive, the report added.
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