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00:02Tesla's Vice President of Energy and Charging, Mike Snyder, has left the company,
00:07according to the Wall Street Journal. Snyder joined Tesla in 2014 and led its Megapack
00:11Industrial Battery Division before becoming Vice President in 2024. A.J. Booth, Tesla's
00:16Senior Director of Energy Products Engineering, will succeed him. Last year, Musk shifted Tesla's
00:21mission from accelerating sustainable energy to focusing on AI and robotics. Snyder's
00:26departure comes as Tesla expands its energy business, selling industrial-scale batteries
00:31to support data centers and renewable energy products for homes and the power grid. Battery
00:35energy deployments grew 9.6% in the third quarter. Energy sales accounted for around 11% of Tesla's
00:42revenue in the first half of the year, compared with 70% from electric vehicle sales.
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