Tesla China boss Tom Zhu to take charge of US factories, US & Europe sales operations
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Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) China chief Tom Zhu has been promoted to take charge of the electric carmakerâs US assembly plants as well as sales operations in North America and Europe, according to an internal posting of reporting lines reviewed.

The Tesla posting showed that Zhu retained his responsibilities as Tesla's most senior executive for China and sales in the rest of Asia as of Tuesday.
The move, which comes at a time when Elon Musk has been distracted by his acquisition of Twitter, makes Zhu the highest-profile executive at Tesla after Musk.
Zhu, who was born in China but now holds a New Zealand passport, joined Tesla in 2014.
Under Zhu, Tesla's Shanghai plant rebounded strongly from COVID lockdowns in China.
Tesla country managers in China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand continued to report to Zhu, the notice showed.
Tesla said on Monday that it had delivered 405,278 vehicles in the fourth quarter, short of estimates. The company had delivered 308,600 vehicles in the same period a year earlier.