As Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal report, Afshar has been “promoted.” Since joining Tesla seven years ago, he has worked in Musk’s office – first as Project Manager, later as Project Director. He is Vice President and is in charge of production and sales. In this position, Afshar is said to report to managers such as Troy Jones, Vice President of Sales and Service in North America, or Jason Shawhan, Head of Production at Giga Texas. According to the WSJ report, Afshar is now to take over some of the tasks that previously fell to Zhu in his new dual role in North America and Europe. According to Bloomberg, there have also been some changes in management positions in these areas: Ashok Elluswamy is now Vice President for Autopilot and AI software and Milan Kovac is Vice President for the humanoid robot Optimus.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 17, 2024 15:52 UTC