Tesla’s Semi truck project former head will join Model 3 production engineer

According to the latest report, Jerome Guillen, the head of Tesla’s Semi heavy-duty truck project who left last year, has re-employed and joined the company founded by Tesla Model 3 production engineers.

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Moreover, Jerome Gillan left Tesla last June, when Tesla disclosed his departure in a regulatory filing. His newest company is Full Speed ​​Automation, which he joined in January as an investor and advisor.

Jerome Gillan spent five and a half years at Tesla in key roles including Acting Vice President of Vehicle Engineering, Model S Program Director, Vice President of Global Sales and Service, Vice President of Truck Programs, Automotive President of the business unit, etc., and later served as the president of the heavy-duty truck project until his departure in June last year.

Before joining Tesla, Jerome Gillan worked at companies such as Daimler, and throughout his career, work has covered growth, innovation, product development, engineering, sales, operations, service, strategy, cost management, and other fields.

Furthermore, Jerome Gillan’s new company, Full Speed ​​Automation, was founded by Luc Leroy, Hugues Gontier, and Leroy. They all worked at Tesla. During the bottleneck stage of Tesla’s Model 3 production capacity improvement, the engineering team was composed of the lead.

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