TECH - GM Snaps Up Former Tesla Battery Expert Kurt Kelty To Supercharge Affordable EV Strategy | Benzinga
General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) has hired former Tesla executive Kurt Kelty as the company’s vice president of Batteries to work on delivering profitable and affordable electric vehicles to customers.
What Happened: According to Kelty’s LinkedIn profile, he was employed at Tesla for over 11 years as senior director of battery technology till 2017. However, the battery expert is now resigning from Silo Nanotechnologies Inc to join General Motors.
“This morning it was announced that I’ll be joining GM as the VP of Battery. I’m excited about this opportunity, mainly because of the massive impact it could have on increasing EV sales,” Kelty wrote in a post on LinkedIn on Thursday.
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