What happens in Tesla? A wave of executives heading to the exits

What happens in Tesla? It seems that the manufacturer of electric cars, which transmits a difficult commercial scene characterized by increased competition and advanced consumer morale, also faces a major internal crisis: a quick migration from the best talent.

Elon Musk has now lost the tenth CEO this year. The last departure is Piero Landolfi, who announced his departure LinkedIn After nearly nine years with the company.

“After 8 years 3/4 years, I made the difficult decision to leave Tesla,” published Landolf. “It was difficult because of the incredibly talented and emotional people, as I had the honor of work, sweating and laughter while we were rushing to the world to sustainable energy, against all difficulties and despite the general beliefs about electric cars.”

He continued: “It was difficult because of the amazing products we build, the first major thinking and mentality to get things that make Tesla an exciting place to work in.

This position has gained great attention, with more than 834 admiration and about 250 comments, to a large extent from the individuals who cooperated with him during his term in Tesla or in his leadership role.

Landolfi cited the familiar desire for a “new and different adventure” as a reason for leaving. “However, it’s time now for my next adventure. This is the way,” and he concluded a popular phrase of the stars war.

His next movement is to be NIMLE, a company for e -commerce technology of artificial intelligence and independent technology, as he took over the role of the Senior Vice President of Operations. It is worth noting that NIMLLE is already considered an old veterans in Tesla from among its ranks, indicating a possible direction of talent that migrates from the EV maker to the sectors of artificial intelligence and prosperous robots.

A series of departure

Landolfi’s trip in Tesla began in October 2016 when he joined the Services Manager in Technical Operations. His contributions led to a promotion nearly four years after the Services Manager, North America, which is his job until he left this month.

His exit is the tenth executive departure from Tesla this year, a series of departures that struck almost every important division of the company. The exit began in February with David Emay’s exit. April witnessed the departure of David Lao and Mark Westfal. The pace accelerated in May with the loss of Brashnt Menon and Vinite Mihta. June witnessed Omead Afshar and Milan Kovac (Optimus Humanoid Robot) and Jenna Verua (HR Director). Last month, Troy Jones, Vice President of Sales, Service and Delivery in North America, left. This month, in addition to Landolfi and PETE Bannon, Vice President of Devices Engineering (Chip Tech and Dojo Supercompter), also announced his departure.

These last two departments coincide with a period of major disturbances in the ambitious Tesla initiatives of artificial intelligence, especially at the end of Dojo, the specially designed Tesla rule, designed to train nervous networks on full self -driving (FSD) and Tesla’s Humanoid Robot, Optimus. The Dojo project, an expensive strategy and technician risks aimed at reducing dependence on graphics processing units in NVIDIA, has already an internal disorder and questions about its long -term life’s life -dominated market.

“Once it became clear that all the tracks are converging with AI6, I had to stop Dojo and take some difficult employee options, as DOJO 2 was now a developed outmark road,” Mousse explained in a post on August 10 on X (previously Twitter).

Once it becomes clear that all tracks are converging with AI6, I had to stop Dojo and take some difficult employee options, as Dojo 2 is now a blocked and evolutionary path.

It can be said that Dojo 3 lives in the form of a large number of AI6 SOCS on one plate.

Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 10, 2025

Internal disorders?

For any company, the loss of this great leaders at this short time is a major red sign. It refers to possible internal disorders, the loss of decisive institutional knowledge, and raises serious questions about the future direction of the company and the stability of its leadership culture under musk.

Not so long ago, Tesla, which succeeded in limiting the mass production of electric cars with the 3 and Model Y, was a magnet for the highest talent. This year’s brain migration indicates that the company may have lost some of its attractiveness, which has been exacerbated by the CEO of the CEO increasingly and often attracts political positions, which strengthened some markets and workforce sectors.

It is now clear that, in addition to the challenges in maintaining the growth of unprecedented sales in the increasingly competitive EV market, Tesla face another important obstacle: maintaining its supreme leadership. The short -term sales batch of consumers who seek to take advantage of the $ 7500 federal tax credit for the new EV purchases before its expiration on September 30 may provide temporary delay, but it cannot hide the deeper issue.

The biggest challenge in Tesla is no longer just selling cars; It is a convincing thing about her higher talents to stay on the trip.