[HN Gopher] The Head of the Cybertruck Program Quit Tesla. Model...
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The Head of the Cybertruck Program Quit Tesla. Model Y Leader Left
Hours Later
Author : rbanffy
Score : 40 points
Date : 2025-11-11 21:26 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| TheAlchemist wrote:
| The list of key people that left Tesla in the past 24 months is
| veeeery long.
|
| Quite strange for a company that's on the brink of becoming by
| far the most important on earth (and Mars !). Oh, for those
| thinking it's because it's not longer a car company but an AI /
| Robot company, mind you the head of Optimus program and head of
| Software also left this year.
|
| Same vibes as when Karpathy left in 2022, when Tesla was
| supposedly on the verge of attaining Full Self Driving. Well,
| fast forward 3 years, they are still on the verge...
| stevage wrote:
| What's the relevance of Mars to Tesla?
| TheOtherHobbes wrote:
| About the same as FSD to Tesla.
| hedora wrote:
| The cybertruck has a stainless steel exoskeleton design
| that looks airtight and tolerant to conditions on mars.
|
| There's just one minor problem: it is made of taped-on
| stainless steel laminate panels that keep falling off...
| 650 wrote:
| Is this article a joke? The first linked person in the article
| https://www.linkedin.com/posts/siddhantawasthi_i-recently-ma... -
| 8 years of post college experience as a PROGRAM MANAGER. For
| those not in tech this is akin to project manager, or someone
| that asks for status updates and communicates estimates and
| effort. Definitely not someone super technical or Director+
| level.
|
| "If we assume for a moment that Tesla's recent sales declines are
| entirely due to faulty management, specifically caused by people
| with the job title "program manager," then Tesla is well in its
| way to massive improvements. " - This style of writing is hard to
| parse and dumb.
|
| "Awasthi notes in his post that his signature accomplishments at
| Tesla occurred "all before hitting 30." Indeed, it appears that
| in 2017, when he was 23, he was a student at the University of
| Cincinnati working on a school project related to the Musk-led
| "Hyperloop" concept. "
|
| I mean he's most likely late 20's early 30's at the moment so not
| sure what this is getting at.
| supportengineer wrote:
| "Either it's all a joke, or none of it is."
| 650 wrote:
| I don't understand. This quip is a reference to The Avengers
| it seems from my search.
| moomoo11 wrote:
| Maybe he got his GC and now doesn't want to work 996 anymore
| because he has lots of vested TSLA gains (wild assumption on my
| end)
| outside1234 wrote:
| Tesla has all of the smells of a company about to implode
| tlogan wrote:
| True. But right now, they're the automaker in the best shape.
|
| Is there any other car company that isn't on the brink of
| collapse?
|
| (Ok maybe Toyota is going ok but they also have some structural
| issues as a business)
| chairmansteve wrote:
| The difference between Tesla and the other collapsing car
| companies is the Tesla share price.
| lisbbb wrote:
| Announce a hybrid anything and it's off to the races all over
| again.
| leetharris wrote:
| Two PMs left a company with 125,665 employees. Yes, they are very
| important, but this happens every day at companies all around the
| world. Could be burnout, they are rich, got better offers,
| anything really.
|
| People are so desperate for Tesla to fail they will latch onto
| anything.
| pestatije wrote:
| its the only way to recoup that trillion, or do you have any
| other ideas?
| happytoexplain wrote:
| What is the specific criticism? You believe it should not be
| reported on? Or you simply don't like the tone (in which case,
| why are you omitting that)?
| 650 wrote:
| They're low level program managers. Doomerism article for the
| sake of it.
| faidit wrote:
| The heads of Cybertruck and Model Y programs are "low
| level"?
| cyberax wrote:
| Model 3/Y can immediately get better with a few tweaks that won't
| cost Tesla a lot:
|
| 1. Enable Android Auto/CarPlay. This literally requires no
| additional hardware.
|
| 2. V2G (vehicle-to-grid) support. Again, zero car-side hardware
| changes, just software updates to allow the reverse current flow.
|
| 3. Vehicle-to-load and 120V outlets. This requires just some
| cheap hardware changes.
|
| 4. Steering wheel stalks and ultrasonic parking sensors. FFS.
|
| 5. Add a driver-side display (instead of a useless passenger mid-
| seat screen). This is the only expensive change.
|
| If they do this, their cars can suddenly become so much more
| attractive.
| NoPicklez wrote:
| 1. I actually disagree here, the built in Tesla UI is
| excellent.
|
| 4. They've at least brought them back on the Model 3
| lisbbb wrote:
| I'll keep saying this until someone at Tesla sees it: They could
| clean up if they designed a hybrid Cybertruck II that was a bit
| more conventional looking. Build something cutting edge but
| actually useful, keep some of the edginess but tone it down just
| enough to bring in more sales.
|
| The giant single wiper on the current Cybertruck is horrible,
| btw. Everything about that thing is horrible, actually.
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