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Tesla Engineering and Manufacturing Chief Resigns

 
983 views Sep 24, 2009

Mike Donoughe

Mike Donoughe

Mike Donoughe

Mike Donoughe

The revolving door of Tesla Motors leadership keeps turning. Today, executive vice president of vehicle engineering and manufacturing, Mike Donoughe, is calling it quits, just over a year after he started the job. Formerly employed by Chrysler, Donoughe was charged with overseeing engineering while Tesla was ramping up production of their Roadster and developing an improved powertrain.

Donoughe will now serve as a senior partner at St. Clair Consortium, a Detroit, Michigan based consulting firm, where he will advise companies on developing lean processes. As the co-founder of the not-for-profit Cornerstone Youth Development Fund, Donoughe will continue to promote youth education in Detroit and Eastern Africa.

With Tesla now making 100 Roadsters per month and preparing to launch the Model S, the EV company says Donoughe's resignation was well timed. Though chief engineer for the Model S, Peter Rawlinson, will remain onboard, Tesla hasn't named Donoughe's replacement yet.

This is Tesla's third executive resignation in less than a year. Last December, then marketing boss, Darryl Siry, left the company and was replaced by Michael van der Sande. Van der Sande lasted until early August before he quit for personal reasons.

Source: Tesla Motors via Autoblog, St. Clair Consortium





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  1. By Jason M. Hendler Posted: 9/24/2009 3:15pm PDT

    High tech startups are a tough ride. Not many could or would handle it.
    The only data to worry about are their sales, expansion progress and the securing of loans and investments.
     
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  2. By alec Posted: 9/25/2009 3:08am PDT

    Let's see....they secured financing , and the expansion process relies heavily on sales , so they need to concentrate on marketing....they need to go to Europe in force.....and they should do this with Model S .....but first they need to invest in a sales&service network in the EU....at least 2 locations per country....that would only cost about 200 mil for all EU...they need to jump on the opportunity to be the first and secure a huge market of people who really care about the enviroment....I'm affraid our US cousins are more of the talking kind when it comes about reducing the carbon footprint......so Go Tesla....
     
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