Key facts
- Mike Snyder, Tesla's vice president of energy and charging, has stepped down.
- AJ Booth, senior director of energy products engineering, will succeed Snyder.
- Snyder joined Tesla in 2014 and was promoted to vice president in 2024.
- Tesla's energy business grew 9.6% in the third quarter.
- Energy products accounted for about 11% of Tesla's total revenue in the first half of the year.
Tesla's top energy executive, Mike Snyder, has stepped down as vice president of energy and charging, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Snyder, who joined Tesla in 2014 and was promoted to vice president in 2024, will be succeeded by AJ Booth, senior director of energy products engineering. Tesla's energy business saw a 9.6% growth in the third quarter, measured by battery energy deployed, and accounted for approximately 11% of the company's total revenue in the first half of the year. The company is expanding its industrial-scale battery sales and has plans for a $10 billion solar factory in Texas.