SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla’s former China plant manager is set to join Chinese renewable energy group Envision, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Song Gang, who announced his departure from Tesla on Wednesday, is set to take on supply chain management duties at Envision, one of the sources said.
Envision and Song did not immediately respond to separate requests for comment. Tesla also did not respond to a request for comment on Song’s departure.
Headquartered in Shanghai, Envision is one of the world’s largest wind turbine companies and has research centres in countries such as Denmark, the U.S., and Germany.
Envision is a shareholder alongside Nissan in battery maker AESC which has been building new battery plants in South Carolina, Spain, France and the United Kingdom.
Song, who became Gigafactory Shanghai’s manager in 2018, informed Tesla employees that Wednesday would be his last day, according to a note sent to employees that was seen by Reuters. The Shanghai plant is Tesla’s largest factory by output and also exports to Europe and Southeast Asia.
(Reporting by Zhang Yan and Brenda Goh; Editing by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan and Nicholas Yong)
