Tesla reportedly fired Omead Afshar, its head of North American and European operations, in June following a massive drop in European EV deliveries. Afshar, who joined Tesla in 2017, was just promoted to the position in November. The Wall Street Journal described Afshar as one of Musk's closest confidants at the company.

People are flocking to the new experience, which is only available through the Grok mobile app—not X, which is still struggling to court advertisers, eMarketer reports.

This failure triggered a catastrophic chain reaction that destroyed the vehicle and damaged the test site.