Tesla powertrain veteran Drew Baglino leaves the company [Updated]

Update: Rohan Patel, Senior VP of Policy at Tesla also left the company, he also posted this information on social media site X.

Drew Baglino, Senior Vice President of Powertrain and Energy at Tesla has left the electric vehicle (EV) company as the company sees the outgoing of another veteran leader.

Baglino is one of the oldest Tesla employees with 18 years of experience. He confirmed this news via his X (formerly Twitter) account and left the following message.

“I made the difficult decision to move on from Tesla after 18 years yesterday. I am so thankful to have worked with and learned from the countless incredibly talented people at Tesla over the years.

I loved tackling nearly every problem we solved as a team and feel gratified to have contributed to the mission of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy, a mission that I am quite passionate about.

I will always have a warm spot for the people of Tesla and Tesla products in my heart and wish the team and company the best in the future. When I joined as a junior firmware / electrical engineer back in 2006, a future Tesla that produced the world’s top selling vehicle was well beyond my expected set of outcomes. A reminder to all of us to set higher expectations, I guess :)”

Baglino said he currently has plans to spend his time with family but he’s open to be appointed by any other company.