Musk laid off Tesla Supercharger team after receiving government grants

Tesla announced its plans to lay off everyone who works on its new vehicle and Supercharger teams.

Musk may want to stop making EV chargers, but the company is the biggest benefactor of the U.S.’ federal EV charging grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, according to Politico.

In the U.S., many EV charging grants have gone to Tesla, with the company winning about 13 percent of them for a total of over $17 million USD.

Further, Musk’s layoffs included about 14,000 staff members, who comprise most of the Supercharger team.

Bloomberg reports that Tesla has aggressive layoff targets that may be as high as 20 percent of its workforce, which could be over 20,000 people.

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