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"I've been far away from home for too long, and will need to spend more time with family abroad. I want to make it clear that this is the only reason," Kovac said in his social media post, opens new tab.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-t...025-06-06/

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Late last year, he was promoted to Vice President in charge of the complete Optimus program, as CEO Elon Musk began to tout the program as critical to Tesla’s future.

Kovac has been regarded as one of the top new technical executives at Tesla, which has seen a significant talent exodus of top engineers.

https://electrek.co/2025/06/06/tesla-hea...n-product/