General Motors hires former Tesla autonomous driving system development engineer Anderson as Chief Product Officer.

General Motors has hired Sterling Anderson, former director of Tesla's Autopilot program and co-founder of the autonomous vehicle startup Aurora Innovation Inc., as the company's Chief Product Officer, responsible for all vehicle development work. General Motors said Anderson will oversee the development of both gasoline and electric vehicles, including hardware, software, and services, and will report to company president Mark Reuss. Anderson previously served as Chief Product Officer at Aurora. The company announced his departure in a regulatory filing last week. Anderson left Aurora shortly after the company launched fully autonomous heavy-duty trucks on public roads in Texas.