Tesla veteran Jerome Guillen departs

Tesla govt Jerome Guillen has left the corporation after only 3 months as the president of its Significant Trucking unit, according to an SEC filing produced Monday.

“We thank him for his several contributions and wish him very well in his potential job,” the enterprise mentioned in the filing. His previous day was June 3.

Prior to his appointment to that role in March, Guillen experienced led the firm’s complete cars business enterprise because 2018. During his time as president of Automotive, Tesla opened its initially plant abroad, in Shanghai, and expanded its battery mobile offer partnerships. Guillen has labored at the corporation in roles reporting specifically to CEO Elon Musk due to the fact November 2010.

In its fourth-quarter 2020 shareholder deck, Tesla reported the Semi program was nonetheless “in improvement” but promised Tesla Semi deliveries would begin in 2021. In its annual money submitting with the SEC for 2020, Tesla did not reiterate that Semi shipping and delivery deadline.

Guillen is the second substantial-amount exec to leave in modern months, pursuing former vice president of authorized Al Prescott, who left in April.

— CNBC’s Lora Kolodny contributed to this report.