Mike Snyder, Tesla's vice president of energy and charging, has stepped down, The Wall Street Journal's Becky Peterson reported on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, citing people familiar with the move. AJ Booth, Tesla's senior director of energy products engineering, will succeed him, the Journal reported.
Tesla did not respond to Reuters' request for comment, and Reuters said it could not independently verify the report. Snyder has not announced his exit publicly, Stocktwits noted.
Who Snyder is
- Joined Tesla in 2014 as a staff electrical engineer, according to his LinkedIn, as cited by Stocktwits.
- Rose to run the Megapack industrial battery business, per the Journal and Reuters.
- Promoted to vice president in 2024, after a company-wide restructuring that saw several top executives leave, including longtime energy chief Drew Baglino, Reuters reported.
What he leaves behind
Tesla's energy business grew 9.6% in the third quarter, measured by battery energy deployed, the company said earlier this month. That works out to 13.7 GWh of storage in Q3, versus 12.5 GWh a year earlier, though it came in below forecasts (our Q3 storage report).
Energy made up about 11% of Tesla's total revenue in the first half of 2026, Reuters said, while electric vehicles made up 70%. For full-year 2025, Tesla reported energy generation and storage revenue of $12.77 billion, Stocktwits noted.
Snyder's title also covered charging, the unit behind the Supercharger network, which delivered a record 2.4 TWh in Q3 (our coverage).
Why the timing matters
The Journal framed the exit against Tesla's pivot toward AI and robotics. At the same time, Tesla is pushing industrial batteries to data centers, alongside grid and home products. It also has a proposed plan for a $10 billion solar factory in Texas, Reuters reported.
Tesla reports Q3 results on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The earnings call is the first chance for analysts to ask who now runs energy and charging, and whether the strategy changes.