Afshar a former executive at Tesla, has joined SpaceX, according to a report

The vice president of Starship production at SpaceX has been named. The Gigafactory in Texas opened in April with a Cyber Rodeo grand opening celebration. The construction and production of Giga Texas was overseen by him. According to two people familiar with the matter, Afshar had been named vice president of Starship production. His social media profiles have not been updated with his new position.

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There were reports in July of an internal investigation at the company. Sources say that Afshar was involved in a plan to purchase construction materials that were identified as suspicious. The sources said that the company had already fired employees and planned to part ways with Afshar through a leave of absence. This is not a finished story.