Ex-Tesla employees start EV charging company after Elon Musk fired everyone

https://electrek.co/2025/08/17/ex-tesla-employees-start-ev-charging-company-after-elon-musk-fired-everyone/

by MilnerRoute • 11 months ago

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duxup• 11 months ago

Would last mile type vehicles need a lot of charging throughout the day?

I would have expected they don't make a lot of stops to charge, finish their day and charge back where they are dispatched from?

pyman• 11 months ago

With its cofounders’ experience at Tesla, Hubber will buy sites, transform them into a charger-ready location, and essentially provide the dream location that they would have liked to see during the site selection processes they went through in their previous jobs.

So let me get this straight. Three ex-Tesla employees started Hubber to roll out the same solution that got them fired by Elon Musk? Can't wait to see what they come up with. It's like Netflix announcing season two of my favourite show.

toomuchtodo• 11 months ago

He fired the Supercharger team in a cost savings tantrum after poor sales figures. Talent secured their own investment.

The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40365681 - May 2024

Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40347924 - May 2024

Read the wild email Tesla is sending to suppliers amid Supercharger chaos - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40253773 - May 2024

Tesla conducting more layoffs, including entire Supercharger team - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40209382 - April 2024

Ex-Tesla employees start EV charging company after Elon Musk fired everyone

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