Omead Afshar, Vice President of Tesla who is responsible for sales and construction in North America and Europe, Reportedly, it has been fired by CEO Elon MuskAccording to Forbes.
It is not immediately known why Musk shot Afshar, who was one of the leading lieutenants and his closest trusts to the company. The Afshar, Musk and Tesla did not respond to requests for comments. AFSHAR’s departure was First reported by Bloomberg News.
So recently, Afshar was Post Support for the limited development of the Tesla Robotax Service in Austin, Texas. “Absolutely historic day for Tesla”, he I wrote On June 23, on X, the social media platform held by his former boss. “Thank you. Elon to push us all!”
His departure comes at a time when the company’s sales increase has disappeared. Tesla sold fewer cars in 2024 than it did in 2023, the first annual decline since it began to produce mass EVs more than a decade ago.
Musk’s involvement in US politics did not help, despite his recent promise that he left Trump’s administration. Sales continued to compete in the first half of 2025. The company’s top profits decreased by 71% annually in the first quarter. European sales fell Almost 28% on an annual basis in May. Tesla will report global delivery data for the second quarter next week and the financial results for the period in mid -July.
Afshar was not particularly public executive in Tesla. He joined the company in 2017 and spent years of working in the “Office of the Managing Director”. Has taken on the increasing responsibilities since then. Musk has previously credited Afshar under the guidance of the construction of the huge Tesla plant in Austin, Texas.
Shortly afterwards, however, Afshar was found in warm water. 2022 became the object of an internal detector After allegedly participating in a plan to buy special material for a Glass Building Musk wanted. Both the Ministry of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission began to investigate These purchases in 2023.
During this time period, Afshar moved to SpaceX and reportedly participated in X for a while. Musk uploaded him to his role Vice -President in late 2024 After another senior executive, Tom Zhu returned to China.
Bloomberg News also said on Thursday that Tesla’s HR manager for North America, Jenna Ferrua, is no longer with the company. Did not respond immediately to a request for comments.
