Elon Musk kicked out Tesla's top operations chief Omead Afshsar from his job last week. The billionaire decided to personally run car sales across North America and Europe after firing the executive. Musk jumped into action as Tesla's delivery numbers kept falling short of what investors wanted to see. His hands-on approach came as the electric car company struggled to meet sales targets for months. The move shows Musk's growing frustration with Tesla's performance problems.
Tesla announced it delivered 384,122 vehicles during the second quarter of this year. The company fell short of Wall Street predictions that expected around 392,000 cars to reach customers. Tesla actually built 410,244 vehicles but could not sell all of them to...