Elon Musk’s loyal and trusted Tesla ‘fixer’ takes the fall for dismal EV sales

• Omead Afshar, head of North America and Europe, was fired for failing to turn around the brand’s flagging demand, according to reports. Musk’s carmaker recently joined Twitter and the Trump Organization among those companies named to have the worst reputations among American consumers, thanks to the CEO’s divisive political activism.

When Elon Musk first launched a bid to acquire Twitter three years ago, a move many of his supporters would grow to oppose, the entrepreneur’s...