Tesla's head of engineering is officially leaving the company as Elon Musk celebrates Model 3 production milestone (TSLA)

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• Doug Field, Tesla's head of engineering, won't return to the company after a taking a leave of absence, The Wall Street Journal first reported.
• Tesla confirmed Field's departure to Business Insider.
• Field joined Tesla in 2013 and led development for the Model 3. The company struggled to ramp up production in the months after it was launched in July 2017.
• In April, Tesla CEO Elon Musk indicated that he had taken control of Model 3 production.

Doug Field, Tesla's head of engineering, won't return to the company after a taking a leave of absence, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Tesla confirmed Field's departure to Business InsiderSee the rest of the story at Business Insider

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