Overview

• Troy Jones, Tesla’s vice president of North American sales and service, left the company on July 15 after a 15-year tenure, becoming the latest in a series of top-level exits.
• June departures of sales and manufacturing lead Omead Afshar and HR director Jenna Ferrua added to turnover that has also included AI and engineering executives.
• Elon Musk has taken direct responsibility for Tesla’s sales operations in North America and Europe as the company seeks to restore organizational stability.
• Tesla has rolled out refreshed Model S and Model X trims with $5,000 price hikes, introduced a lower-priced Cybertruck variant and expanded its robotaxi pilot in Austin ahead of a planned Bay Area launch.
• The automaker opened its first Mumbai showroom this month and is battling declining deliveries in key markets, with shares dipping more than 1% after Jones’s departure.