Tesla has fired its entire Supercharger division, staff who worked in the team say.

There are over 50,000 Superchargers globally, the company says, making it the world’s largest fast-charging network for electric vehicles.

Boss Elon Musk said the firm would cut one in ten jobs, as it faces strong competition from less expensive rivals.

It needed to be “absolutely hard core” about cost reduction, he wrote in a memo first reported by The Information.

The BBC has approached Tesla for comment,

Multiple employees have confirmed their departures online.

William Jameson, strategic charging programs lead at Tesla, posted on X that Mr Musk had “let our entire charging org go”.