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Tesla AI VP Milan Kovac Resigns After 9 Years Leading FSD and Optimus Projects

by loog5566 on 6/7/25, 4:30 AM with 24 comments

• by gundmc on 6/7/25, 6:10 AM

  Interesting timing with the supposed Robotaxi launch later this month

• by Zigurd on 6/8/25, 3:31 PM

  Tesla's SEC filings claim they have $37 billion in liquid assets. There's no excuse for under resourcing autonomy development at Tesla. Not much to do about that now. They had to have gotten serious about it three years ago or longer.

  Elon can only blame himself. He believes he can will anything into existence. Some investors seem to share that belief. I'd say they're going to learn differently, but this is not the first failure of this type. Elon blurted out a goal without a plan in place.

• by kkkk1111 on 6/8/25, 4:06 PM

  VIP Matka

• by peepeepoopoo132 on 6/7/25, 6:00 AM

  The standard 80 hour weeks at Musk's companies are incompatible with human life. It's very, very disappointing to see Musk publicly complain about falling birth rates but fail to recognize the connection between overtaxed employees and poor fertility.

  Edit: He said he's resigning because he's had to spend too much time away from family, implying that the work-life balance at Tesla has been very bad.