October 15, 2026

Tesla loses Cybercab assembly lead to Rivian R2 weeks after launch

Tesla loses Cybercab assembly lead to Rivian R2 weeks after launch
Tesla loses Cybercab assembly lead to Rivian R2 weeks after launch

🌍✨ Tesla loses Cybercab assembly lead to Rivian R2 weeks after launch

Why we’re watching: Tesla’s Senior Manager of Cybercab General Assembly at Gigafactory Texas, Jody Kerns, is leaving the company to become Rivian’s Director of General Assembly for the R2 in Normal, Illinois.

He’s the second Cybercab launch leader to leave Tesla this year. 💚

The head of Cybercab new product introduction walked out in April, before the vehicle ever carried a paying passenger.

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Reporting curated for GreenTV. Original reporting via Electrek.