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VW Hires Ex-Tesla, Rivian Manager to Bolster EV Software Push
- Sanjay Lal will head new department at software unit Cariad
- Volkswagen is under pressure to make its EVs more competitive
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Volkswagen AG has hired a former Tesla Inc. engineering director to bolster the German carmaker’s ailing software push.
Sanjay Lal will join next month from Rivian Automotive Inc. to help develop Volkswagen’s next-generation software platform, the company said Monday. Lal worked as director engineering at Tesla for two years until mid-2019 before joining Google’s Android Automotive project.