Tom Zhu: Tesla's Hardcore Executor

Tom Zhu's presence early this year at Tesla's Austin factory was comforting for employees.

Tesla had a problem. Important people were missing from Austin. This meant they couldn't decide on what to buy to make the Cybertruck. Elon Musk, the CEO, was focused on Twitter. He bought another company for $44 billion. Omead Afshar, who was important for other factory projects, left to work at Musk's other companies. Current and former employees said this.