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.

Musk said the success of the service was critical to the future of Tesla.

The most common reaction to this plan has been that because many states, in particular California, require that companies get permits before deploying robotaxi services, that Tesla would need to get ...

The permit does not allow the company to run vehicles autonomously, the California Public Utilities Commission said.

While Tesla sales declined 13% this quarter, GM’s EV sales doubled. General Motors, the largest automaker in the U.S., announced its second-quarter financial results on July 22. The report was, overall,

Musk told investors that he expected the company's sales in Europe to increase once customers there are allowed to use the firm's self-driving software.