Tesla Snags Apple VP Of Mac Hardware To Lead New Vehicle Development

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/24/tesla-reportedly-poaches-apple-vp-of-product-design-doug-field-to-lead-new-vehicle-development/

by ot • 13 years ago

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loceng4• 13 years ago

Well-played.

AsymetricCom3• 13 years ago

Would have been better-played 6 mos ago.

loceng4• 13 years ago

Why?..

codex2• 13 years ago

Before Apple, Field was VP of Design & Engineering and CTO at Segway.

grinich• 13 years ago

I highly recommend the book Code Name Ginger, which is the remarkable story behind the Segway.

http://www.amazon.com/Code-Name-Ginger-Behind-Segway/dp/1578...

codex2• 13 years ago

What's remarkable to me is the arrogance of Kamen, when to almost everyone it was clear that the Segway was a solution in search of a problem, and would ultimately fail.

c23• 13 years ago

Interesting move. While I can see some overlap in experience leading large technical projects where industrial design and battery life are of paramount importance, I wonder how much of that experience will translate into actual car development.

From the outside looking in I'd rather fill that role with someone with car industry experience bringing actual cars to market, because battery life and industrial design are somewhat fungible, but if Tesla is late on bringing car models to market that has a serious effect on their timelines.

jcomis• 13 years ago

Did you even read the article? He has automotive experience (Ford) and other transportation experience (Segway).

c23• 13 years ago

I missed it the first time through, although I'm not surprised as in the article his previous automobile engineering experience seems downplayed.

Equating his segway experience to all of transportation seems a stretch.

According to his linked in profile he was a development engineer at Ford for 6 years and hasn't worked in the car industry for 20 years. Certainly he does not seem to possess any executive experience in the car industry or related to car development.

As a TSLA investor, it makes more sense to me to have someone in that role who actually has experience getting cars to market (ie. someone like Bob Lutz).

Tesla Snags Apple VP Of Mac Hardware To Lead New Vehicle Development

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