Tesla's China chief Tom Zhu has been promoted to take direct oversight of the electric carmaker’s U.S. assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe.
China-born Zhu holds New Zealand passportChina chief Tom Zhu has been promoted to take direct oversight of the electric carmaker’s U.S. assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe, according to an internal posting of reporting lines reviewed by Reuters.
The reporting lines for Zhu would keep Tesla's vehicle design and development - both areas where Musk has been heavily involved - separate while creating an apparent deputy to Musk on the more near-term challenges of managing global sales and output.Reuters reviewed the organizational chart that had been posted internally by Tesla and confirmed the change with two people who had seen it. They asked not to be named because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
Tesla country managers in China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand continued to report to Zhu, the notice showed. He takes charge of Tesla's main production hubs at a time when the company is readying the launch of Cybertruck and asedan. Tesla has also said it is developing a cheaper electric vehicle but has not provided details on that plan.
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