Tesla Energy Executive Snyder Steps Down, WSJ Reports

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• Tesla's VP of energy and charging, Mike Snyder, is stepping down, the Wall Street Journal reported October 15; AJ Booth, senior director of energy product engineering, is set to succeed him per the WSJ report. Tesla did not immediately respond, and Reuters said it could not independently verify the report.
• Snyder joined Tesla in 2014 and led the Megapack industrial-battery business, rising to VP after longtime energy chief Drew Baglino and other senior executives departed amid a company-wide reorganization in 2024.
• The article notes Q3 energy-business growth of 9.6% by battery deployments, with energy accounting for about 11% of first-half revenue (versus roughly 70% for EVs), and Tesla's expanding industrial-battery sales for data centers and a planned $10 billion Texas solar factory — but does not analyze what the departure itself means for the energy business.

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