Monday, August 18, 2025

Ex-Tesla Employees Start EV Charging Co after Musk Fired Everyone

From the ashes of Elon Musk's decision to fire the whole Supercharger team last year, a new company has risen: Hubber, which will take its founders' expertise at setting up Tesla Superchargers and apply that to addressing the lack of high-speed urban charging for taxis and other commercial vehicles.

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As we said at the time, firing the whole Supercharger team was a dumb decision. It was immediately obvious to everyone in the industry that it was a dumb decision, and Tesla did eventually relent and rehire some of the fired workers, but the damage was done - and not just for the charging team, but morale was made low throughout the organization.

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Shocking!

#1 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-08-18 11:10 AM

Just in time for that government cheese!

#2 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-18 01:17 PM

For reference:
White House Resumes Funding EV Chargers Nationwide
autos.yahoo.com

#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-08-18 01:18 PM

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