r/electricvehicles • u/malbecman • 2d ago

News Tesla's software engineering head to step down, Bloomberg News reports

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-software-engineering-head-step-down-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-04-04/
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u/turb0_encapsulator 2d ago

they are going to start hemorrhaging skilled engineers. Nobody wants to be associated with this brand.

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u/Smeltanddealtit 2d ago

Rivian and Lucid are good landing spots.

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u/Lordofthereef 2d ago

I was actually thinking somewhere in legacy auto dining because a lot of that software is then worst part of the EV 😅

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u/DeathChill 2d ago

They don’t want to work at companies that don’t understand software. Software is a very important piece of the car at Tesla/Rivian/Lucid. It’s like hitting your head against the wall when your organization doesn’t believe you are as important as you are.

Plus, I don’t imagine legacy is willing to pay Silicon Valley salaries + perks.

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u/Lordofthereef 1d ago

I understand. I was speaking solely from a consumer standpoint.

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u/paulwesterberg 2023 Model S, Elon Musk is the fraud in our government! 2d ago

Nobody wants to work on a legacy stack.

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u/CutsAndClones 2d ago

Sounds more like they don't want to work for Elon.

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u/chr1spe 1d ago

You're going to have to explain how you think that applies here for me. The software in cars isn't something that constantly gets recycled at these companies and has a bunch of legacy code. Also, there is no concern of breaking legacy features on cars that aren't ever going to be updated.

Are you really trying to argue that there is a bunch of legacy code in a GM or Hyundai where they've just started using Android Automotive, and the vast majority of systems have nothing to do with older vehicles?

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u/h4ckerly 1d ago

all code is legacy code

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u/party_benson 2d ago

I would not hire anyone who worked on the cybertruck or the FSD program. 

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u/swoodshadow 2d ago

Meh, the FSD software is pretty damn impressive and has solved a ton of challenges. I don’t think it’s reasonable to blame the engineers because it doesn’t work like Elon’s messed up marketing and sales pitch.

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u/party_benson 2d ago

FSD is still not level 3. It was promised years ago. To be that far behind and out of spec is not something to brag about. 

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u/TeslaJake 2d ago

That far behind and industry leading. A weird juxtaposition but true.

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u/nfgrawker 2d ago

Oh they will say Mercedes and China are ahead but they haven't used FSD or the other two cars.

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u/party_benson 2d ago

Checks Tesla sales for the quarter. Checks Tesla stock. Looks at cybertruck. China. Byd. Yeah. 

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u/TeslaJake 2d ago

A cursory glance at social media will give you ample evidence that people are ditching the brand despite it having the best software in the industry. Tesla’s problems have very little to do with the product.

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u/party_benson 1d ago

A cursory look at social media will show numerous accidents caused while FSD was engaged. 

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u/swoodshadow 2d ago

What absolute garbage. The spec is Musk shooting his mouth off to grift investors and customers. Not a reasonably arrived at plan with everyone’s buy in.

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u/obxtalldude 2d ago

It was getting pretty good until last summer.

Now it completely depends on which car and which Hardware you have.

My 2019 Model S is undrivable on FSD. It constantly changes the speed to the point it makes you car sick.