Tesla loses key Autopilot engineer to self-driving truck start-up Embark
June 13, 2019 at 15:56 PM EDT
The departure of Tesla Autopilot perception lead Zeljko Popovic comes at a critical time, as Tesla is promising its electric vehicles will be capable of operating as "robotaxis" by the end of next year. Tesla also says it plans to start production of its long-awaited electric semi trucks by the end of 2020.
