Tesla starts in 2018

Jon McNeill, president of global sales and service, left in February after 2 years. McNeill has moved to the Lyft Rolling Company where he has served as Chief Operating Officer since February.

Eric Branderiz, chief accountant, left in March after a year and a half, citing only "personal reasons". He is currently Chief Financial Officer of Enphase Energy, a solar energy company, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Friday, Tesla revealed that replacing Branderiz as chief accountant, Dave Morton, resigned from Tuesday, citing intense public attention. He had been at the company for a month only.

"Since joining Tesla on August 6, the level of public attention for the company, as well as the pace within the company, have exceeded my expectations," Morton said. in a statement. "As a result, it has led me to reconsider my future." CNBC reported that Morton had left after feeling that Musk had ignored his advice on privatizing the company.

Still in March, Susan Repo He stepped down as Treasurer and Vice President of Finance to join Topia Enterprise Software Company as Chief Financial Officer. Repo was at Tesla for 5 years.

Jim Keller, vice president of autopilot, left Tesla in April after 2 years to join Intel. He leads Intel's silicon engineering efforts.

"I've had a great experience working at Tesla, I've learned a lot and I'm looking forward to discovering all of Tesla's excellent technologies," Keller said in a statement announcing his new role.

Matthew Schwall, director of field performance engineering, left Tesla in May. He was the company's main point of contact with the National Transportation Safety Board and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Tesla has been working more and more with agencies to continue testing its autopilots and semi-autonomous vehicles.