Other than the article I can't find anything that points to redundancy being the cause: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/25/16545956/tesla-solarcity-layoff-fir

Other than the article I can't find anything that points to redundancy being the cause: https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/25/16545956/tesla-solarcity-layoff-firing-elon-musk https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/25/16545956/tesla-solarcity... Is the only other reference that I have found and articles around this time frame don't make it clear the redundancy was the cause.