Elon Musk’s move to lay off the department responsible for Tesla’s electric vehicle chargers has touched off worries in the auto industry that EVs from other automakers will have trouble joining Tesla’s network.

Massachusetts may have fewer options for building EV charging stations after market leader Tesla pulled back this week.On Monday night, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk abruptly laid off Rebecca Tinucci,

The layoffs halted construction work at a dozen Supercharger sites in Texas. In New York, property owners in negotiations with Tesla were told the company was withdrawing from discussions about adding chargers to their sites.