As surmised, there was no grand strategy in laying off the entire supercharger team. It was a rage firing because an exec defied a layoff order and now Tesla has to beg these people to return now their CEO’s calmed down.

When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.

@carnage4life Could you possibly alt text the picture please?

@georgepotter @carnage4life screenshot of the title and byline of an Ars Technica article which reads:

Title: “Elon Musk laid off the Tesla
Supercharger team; now he's rehiring them.”
Subtitle: “Last week the CEO said Tesla will spend $500 million expanding the charger network.”
Byline:” by Jonathan M. Gitlin - May 13, 2024 10:54am PST”
Followed by a pic of a Tesla supercharger.