Bloomberg Law
April 18, 2016, 10:25 PM UTC

VP Turnover Continues at Tesla With Lawyer’s Departure

Lenore Adkins
Bloomberg Law

Business would seem to be booming at Tesla Motors Inc: Earlier this month, it announced that demand for the Model 3, coming in 2017, exceeded expectations, so it is boosting production.

And yet it’s losing executives, including most recently James Chen, vice president of regulatory affairs and deputy general counsel — and a visible figure on the front line of the company’s push to sell directly to consumers.

Chen did not respond to requests for comment, but on Monday a Tesla spokeswoman confirmed his departure, which was first reported by the clean fuels website Electrek.

His exit comes two months after two other vice presidents ...

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