At Tesla, not everyone is a fan of the musk style. A group of employees – current and old – has published an open letter to request their departure. They believe that it harms the company and that its polarizing positions scare part of the customers. Their message is clear: ” The problem is not our products. This is not our job. The problem is Elon. »
Contestation rumbles at Tesla
The letter directly points to the fall in sales: in 2024, Tesla experienced its first real decline in ten years. And the start of 2025 is even worse. While the electric cars market increased by 10 % in the United States, Tesla fell 9 %. Not terrible for a company supposed to show the way.
Tesla has tried to explain this air hole by the transition to a new Y model, but it does not hold, according to the signatories. They explain that vehicles are produced, that the quality is there … but that they remain in the parking lots. “” The request is broken They write. And they accuse Elon Musk of being responsible for it.
In their text, they also return to a sentence launched by the CEO recently, where he promised to “refoclize” on Tesla. For them, it’s next to the plate. They believe that it is not a question of attention, but of behavior. “” It is insulting. Does that mean that if it’s going badly, it is because it was not present enough? No. What weighs is what he says and what he does. »
Their proposal? Move on. Let Tesla move forward without her emblematic boss, which has become a problem more than an asset. But talking about Elon Musk is not without consequences. Matthew Labrot, one of the authors of the letter, was dismissed. He had been working at Tesla for over five years. He claims that it was his role in the publication of the text that cost him his place. And as if by chance, the X account which relayed the message was suspended – X being of course the platform bought by … Elon Musk. It is beautiful the “absolutist of freedom of expression” …
Behind the scenes, the situation becomes tense. Tesla would even have asked workers of the Texan factory, those who work on cybertrucks and model Y, to take a week off. Not to breathe. To wait for it to leave! Meanwhile, the board of directors is ostrich. But the message has passed: at Tesla, some can no longer.
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