# Now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter - now the Pit edition (Part 1)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442 "2022-04-25T22:50:17Z")
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### Author: ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter-now-the-pit-edition-part-1/963442/9588 "2024-05-01T20:31:47Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> > [@wolfpup](#):
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> > …close down entire **crucially important** divisions and fire everybody there…
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> Is charging really still a crucially important division? Electrify America is starting to build NACS charging stations; Tesla no longer has a monopoly on it.

As I [wrote in this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-public-available-charging-of-electric-vehicles-work/999613/53):

> [@How does public-available charging of electric vehicles work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-public-available-charging-of-electric-vehicles-work/999613/53):
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> I just read an article in _The Atlantic_ that Tesla is starting to fall behind the curve with their vehicles when compared to their competitors, but their one bright spot is their charging network.
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> [Tesla Is Not the Next Ford. It’s the Next Con Ed. - The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/tesla-cars-batteries-power-company/678168/)
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> So it seems like a poor decision to now disinvest in their charging network, but that is veering out of FQ.

So again, Musk laid off everyone in the division that was responsible for the one area of the company in which Tesla still had a jump on its competitors and was doing well.

This is not the act of someone who knows what they are doing. What seems more likely are the recent reports of the division head being told to lay off some percentage of their workforce (because of the overall poor performance of the company, not necessarily the division), and when the division director pushed back on this, butthurt Musk petulantly retaliated by firing the division director and everyone in the division.

> [@TroutMan](#):
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> …They can coast on the stations they already have until competition becomes a real thing.

So I assume you believe that the existing charging stations require no maintenance or upkeep? At a minimum, they need software updates, and one would think that the dissolved division was the group responsible for this.

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