Alan Clarke, Tesla’s long-time engineer will be leaving the company after 12 years with the company. During his time at the company, he undertook a couple of interesting projects which includes:
- Model S Exterior Door Handles Concept Mechanism and first prototype design to prove out concept for production
- Model X – Advanced Engineering, integration of front drive unit and rear drivetrain, integration of high voltage distribution, manufacturing of all closure panels
- Advanced design of Front and Rear Suspension and Steering including Catia Kinematic Modeling for Model S
He started his career as a senior design engineer in 2009 and climbed up to become the director of new program engineering. During his last couple of years at Tesla, he worked on the Cyber Truck prototype which is yet to be released. He also led the architecture design for both Model 3 and Model Y.
At Ford, he will be joining Doug Field who was also at Tesla. Mr. Clarke will be joining Ford’s Advanced EV development group where he will be helping Ford push into the EV market.
The EV market is growing at a rapid pace with the help of governments who are envisioning a future where renewable energy will be the main staple behind many industries.
This year has been subpar for Tesla’s stock as the high-growth stock has been trading at a 22% decrease at the time of this writing.
As the EV market heats up and competitors who have the resources behind them to develop products, this might not be the last we’ll see an executive departing Tesla.
