Tesla has reportedly lost its VP of production in charge of all vehicle manufacturing

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• Tesla‘s vice president of production in charge of all vehicle manufacturing, Peter Hochholdinger, is not at the electric-car maker anymore, news website Electrek reported on Wednesday.
• Tesla and Hochholdinger did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
• According to Hochholdinger’s LinkedIn profile, he joined Tesla in 2016 after working at Audi for over 20 years.
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Tesla’s vice president of production in charge of all vehicle manufacturing at its Fremont, California, factory, Peter Hochholdinger, is not at the electric-car maker anymore, news website Electrek reported on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

Tesla and Hochholdinger did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

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According to Hochholdinger’s LinkedIn profile, he joined Tesla in 2016 after working at Audi for over 20 years.

Tesla is known for having a high rate of turnover among executives and senior-level employees. This year, the electric-car maker has lost its general counsel twice, as well as its director of communications, vice president of global recruiting, and CFO.

(Reporting by Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru; Editing by James Emmanuel)

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