List: Executives who have left Tesla in recent months

Tesla is known for its high rate of executive turnover, and recent years have been no different.

As the electric-car maker has faced production and delivery issues, investigations from the federal government, and questions about its ability to one day generate sustainable profits, departures from senior employees have added yet another challenge.

Most recently, CEO Elon Musk announced that chief technology officer JB Straubel will step down from the role and become an advisor to Tesla.

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Tesla has seen a lot of senior employees leave in recent years.

As the automaker has faced production and delivery issues, investigations from the federal government, and questions about its ability to one day generate sustainable profits, departures from senior employees have added yet another challenge.

On July 24, CEO Elon Musk announced that chief technology officer JB Straubel will step down from the role and become an advisor to Tesla.

Drew Baglino, who is Tesla's vice president of technology, according to his LinkedIn profile, will replace Straubel. During the call, Baglino said he has “big, big shoes to fill.”

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Straubel joined Tesla in 2004, one year after the company was founded, according to his LinkedIn profile. During the earnings call, Straubel emphasized that he will remain involved with the company.

“I'm not disappearing,” he said. “I'm excited to stay involved in some of our core technologies and follow that and help where I can, just in less of an operational — obviously not an executive-type role.”

Since November 2018, Straubel has sold over $30 million worth of Tesla shares, Bloomberg reported, though Straubel said that his departure from the CTO role was not related to doubts about Tesla's future.

These are the key names who have left Tesla or have announced their departure since the beginning of 2018, as well as when they left and where they went next (according to their LinkedIn profile or company announcements):

January 2018 - Jason Mendez, director of manufacturing engineering: LinkedIn profile does not list next position

January 2018 - Will McColl, manager of equipment engineering: founded WaveForm Design

February 2018 - Jon McNeill, president of global sales and services: became COO of Lyft

March 2018 - Eric Branderiz, chief accounting officer: became CFO of Enphase Energy

March 2018 - Susan Repo, corporate treasurer and vice president of finance: became CFO of Topia

April 2018 - Jim Keller, head of Autopilot hardware engineering: became head of silicon engineering at Intel

April 2018 - Georg Ell, director of Western Europe operations: became CEO of Smoothwall

May 2018 - Matthew Schwall, director of field performance engineering: became heady of field safety at Waymo

July 2018 - Ganesh Srivats, vice president overseeing retail, delivery, and marketing: became CEO of Moda Operandi

September 2018 - Sarah O'Brien, vice president of communications: became VP of executive communications at Facebook

September 2018 - Gabrielle Toledano, chief people officer: became executive in residence at Comcast Ventures

September 2018 - Dave Morton, chief accounting officer: became CFO of Anaplan

September 2018 - Liam O'Connor, vice president of global supply management: became chief procurement officer and head of bikes and scooters at Lyft

September 2018 - Antoin Abou-Haydar, senior director of production and quality: became vice president of global quality for Byton

October 2018 - Justin McAnear, vice president of worldwide finance and operations: became CFO of 10X Genomics

November 2018 - Phil Rothenberg, vice president in the legal department: became general counsel of Sonder

November 2018 - Jeff Jones, head of global security: LinkedIn profile does not list next position

November 2018 - Dan Kim, senior director of global sales, marketing, and delivery: became director of Airbnb Plus at Airbnb

December 2018 - Aaron Chew, director of investor relations: became vice president of investor relations at Proterra

January 2019 — Todd Maron, general counsel: LinkedIn profile does not list next position

January 2019 — Charles Mwangi , senior director of engineering: LinkedIn profile says he is working at an unnamed startup

February 2019 — Cindy Nicola, vice president of global recruiting: LinkedIn profile does not list next position

February 2019 — Dane Butswinkas, general counsel: returning to his trial practice at the firm Williams & Connolly

March 2019 — Deepak Ahuja, CFO: retired

March 2019 — Praveen Arichandran, director of growth: joining Citizen in April to lead growth.

April 2019 — Karl Wagner, senior director of global security: PTSD and suicide-prevention advocacy

May 2019 — Dave Arnold, senior director of global communications: LinkedIn profile does not list next position.

June 2019 — Felicia Mayo, vice president of human resources and head of diversity: LinkedIn profile does not list next position.

June 2019 — Peter Hochholdinger, vice president of production: vice president of manufacturing at Lucid Motors.

June 2019 — Steve MacManus, vice president of interior & exterior engineering: senior director at Apple

July 2019 — Jan Oehmicke, vice president of Tesla Europe: LinkedIn profile does not list next position.

July 2019 — JB Straubel, chief technology officer: did not announce his next position, but said he will continue to advise Tesla

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