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Tesla’s head of vehicle programs moves to Waymo ahead of Robotaxi reveal
Tesla lost a top executive to Waymo on the eve of the electrical vehicle maker’s Robotaxi unveiling on Thursday.
Daniel Ho, Tesla’s former head of vehicle programs and recent product integration, announced his recent role as chief program officer at Waymo last week.
Ho, who previously reported directly to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, oversaw the event and development of the Model Y and Cybertruck, launched recent plants in Berlin and Texas and increased production volumes “from 0.5 million to 1.85 million cars per year,” setting at the identical time According to him, preparatory work on Robotaxi LinkedIn.
Ho joins Waymo because the autonomous vehicle maker adds the Hyundai Ioniq 5 to its robotxi lineup and prepares to scale its purpose-built Zeekr robotics.
Daniel Zhang, one of Tesla’s top vehicle program managers who worked under Ho, also recently left Tesla, according to Post on LinkedIn.