(Reuters) – Tesla Inc Senior Vice President of Engineering Doug Field is taking a break from work but is not leaving the company, a Tesla spokesman confirmed to Reuters.
“Doug is just taking some time off to recharge and spend time with his family. He has not left Tesla,” the spokesman said on Friday.
Bloomberg had earlier reported that Field was taking a break from the electric car maker.
Sources told The Wall Street Journal that Field will be stepping away for several weeks, and one person described it as a “six-week sabbatical.” The company did not say when Field would be returning.
In April, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a tweet that he had asked Field to manage the company’s engineering and production while Musk focused more time on Model 3 production.
(Reporting by Mekhla Raina and Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru)
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