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 buyers. Most deliveries came from Model 3 and Model Y cars totaling 373,728 units. Other models like the Cybertruck only reached 10,394 customers during the same period.
Government safety officials reached out to Tesla after videos showed their robotaxis breaking traffic rules. The self-driving cars failed to stay between lane lines and drove faster than speed limits allowed. Waymo's competing robotaxis have made fewer serious mistakes over 10 million miles of driving. Tesla's small fleet of 11 test cars in Austin already caused more safety concerns than their rival's much larger operation.
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 buyers. Most deliveries came from Model 3 and Model Y cars totaling 373,728 units. Other models like the Cybertruck only reached 10,394 customers during the same period.
Government safety officials reached out to Tesla after videos showed their robotaxis breaking traffic rules. The self-driving cars failed to stay between lane lines and drove faster than speed limits allowed. Waymo's competing robotaxis have made fewer serious mistakes over 10 million miles of driving. Tesla's small fleet of 11 test cars in Austin already caused more safety concerns than their rival's much larger operation.
