The departure of Tesla Autopilot perception lead Zeljko Popovic comes at a critical time, as Tesla is promising its electric vehicles will be capable of operating as 'robotaxis' by the end of next year. Tesla also says it plans to start production of its long-awaited electric semi trucks by the end of 2020.
Tesla Autopilot perception lead Zeljko Popovic is leaving Elon Musk's car company for Embark, a self-driving trucking start-up.
Embark integrates its self-driving systems into Peterbilt semis rather than building its own vehicles completely from scratch, and has delivered packages for Amazon, among others.Zeljko Popovic, a leader within Tesla's Autopilot team, is leaving for Embark, the autonomous trucking start-up in San Francisco, according to a person familiar with the move. Embark confirmed the hire.
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