{"id":14923,"date":"2025-11-10T09:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/teslas-cybertruck-chief-siddhant-awasthi-departs-after-eight-years\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:27:20","slug":"teslas-cybertruck-chief-siddhant-awasthi-departs-after-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/teslas-cybertruck-chief-siddhant-awasthi-departs-after-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla&#8217;s Cybertruck chief Siddhant Awasthi departs after eight years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Awasthi, who began his Tesla journey as an intern, most recently oversaw the Cybertruck program from its engineering phase to large-scale production, leading efforts in product strategy, quality enhancements, and supply chain management, according to his LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In addition to heading the Cybertruck initiative, he also took on leadership of Tesla&#8217;s Model 3 program last July. &#8220;Eight years ago, when I started as an intern, I never dreamed I&#8217;d one day have the opportunity to lead the Cybertruck program and bring it to reality,&#8221; Awasthi wrote, opens new tab in a LinkedIn post late Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Elon Musk-led automaker posted record deliveries in the third quarter, driven by a rush of\u00a0U.S.\u00a0buyers trying to grab a $7 500 tax credit before it expired on September 30. However, analysts expect a sharp slump in the fourth quarter as the incentive for EV purchases vanishes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Sales of the Cybertruck have faced challenges, with Tesla offering thousands of dollars in discounts on inventory vehicles in recent months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A US recall filing in March indicated that 46 096 Cybertrucks had been produced between the vehicle&#8217;s introduction in November 2023 and early this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14924,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-14923","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Tesla's Head of the Cybertruck program, Siddhant Awasthi, said late on Sunday that he is leaving the United States (US) electric vehicle maker after more than eight years with the company","published_date":"2025-11-10 00:00:00","news_description":"Tesla's Head of the Cybertruck program, Siddhant Awasthi, said late on Sunday that he is leaving the United States (US) electric vehicle maker after more than eight years with the company","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19375,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14923\/revisions\/19375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}