Tesla Motors has hired Ricardo Reyes away from Google as the company’s first Vice President of Communications. Reyes is currently the head of global communications and public affairs at YouTube. Reyes will officially join Tesla on September 14.
Tesla has been on a roll recently. They announced profitability, secured $465 million in government loans to build their next car plant and raised another $50 million in equity from Daimler that valued the company at $550 million.
The press release is here.
I bet it went something like this:
Elon Musk: “I’ll give you a free Tesla Roadster if you join AND any new car we develop”
Ricardo Reyes: “You just sold me. I’m in”
im pretty sure ricardo would rather drive something that isnt a rebadged lotus elise with a crappy interior
I heard the NUMMI plant is available.
go Elon, go Elon, go Elon