With the continuous escalation of electric vehicle competition between car companies, the competition for talents has also become a major play, and Tesla is undoubtedly a treasure trove of traditional car companies to grab talents, which can be called the Whampoa Military Academy in the electric vehicle industry.
Recently, Alan Clarke, an engineer who has been with Tesla for nearly 13 years, joined Ford Motor Co. to take charge of the "advanced electric vehicle development" work. Alan Clarke has extensive experience at Tesla, having served as Director of New Project Engineering, Senior Manager of New Project Engineering and Senior Design Engineer.
Alan Clarke has updated his LinkedIn profile, and Ford has confirmed that Alan Clarke has joined and reported to Doug Field, who also worked at Tesla for many years, and then joined Apple to build cars, which was poached by Ford last year.
Ford CEO Jim Farley said Ford plans to produce 600,000 electric vehicles over the next two years. Following Tesla's lead, Ford is improving the competitiveness of electric vehicle products by continuously reducing costs, such as the Mach-E's manufacturing costs have been reduced by $1,000 by improving production efficiency.
This also explains why Ford recruited senior engineering project leaders from Tesla in order to continuously improve the manufacturing process of electric vehicles, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. This would fundamentally challenge Tesla's leadership in electric vehicles.
The poaching of Tesla engineers is the latest move by Jim Farley, who has been working in the field of electric vehicles since he became FORD's CEO, and has successfully persuaded Wall Street to convince investors that Ford can compete with new companies such as Tesla in electric vehicles and technology.
Since Jim Farley took office in October 2020, Ford has increased spending on electric vehicles and plans to invest $30 billion in electric vehicle products by 2025.
Earlier this week, Ford began delivering all-electric versions of the Transit van to customers and plans to launch the F-150 Lightning this spring.
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