On Friday, Milan Kovac, Tesla's vice president of Optimus robotics, announced he was leaving after joining the company in 2016. Musk thanked him for his "outstanding contribution" in a post on X.

June 26 (UPI) -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired the carmaker's vice president of manufacturing and operations following a falloff in auto sales in the nation's largest markets this year. Omead Afshar ...