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Tesla’s Model 3 Production Leader Exits the Company
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Tesla’s Model 3 Production Leader Exits the Company

The automotive and energy storage company, Tesla has confirmed that the head of Model 3 production, who went on leave after chief executive Elon Musk took over his duties, will not be coming back. The departure of engineering senior vice president Doug Field came as California-based Tesla appeared to have finally hit a self-imposed goal of cranking out 5,000 Model 3 electric cars in a week. Tesla co-founder Elon Musk fired off a Twitter post over the weekend saying "7,000 cars, 7 days." In a note to investors yesterday, Analyst Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities said that in the preceding week, Tesla produced 5,000 of its Model 3 cars, along with a combined total of 2,000 Model S and Model X vehicles. Musk has been managing the Tesla production line, which has been rejiggered to pu...