Tesla loses director of engineering to Generac
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Tesla (TSLA
-6.4%) Director of Engineering Brian Dow has left the company to join Generac Holdings (GNRC
-3.4%), according to Electrek. Dow had been at the company since 2016.
Generac (NYSE:GNRC) is competing with Tesla with its backup generator business threatened to a degree by Tesla growing out the Powerwall business even further.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has reportedly been deploying Powerwalls at a rate of over 100,000 units per year.
Shares of TSLA moved lower on Wednesday and are down more than 12% over the last week.
Earlier: Tesla boosts parts production capacity at Giga Shanghai.