Tesla’s High-Profile Autopilot Executive Departs

Tesla’s High-Profile Autopilot Executive Departs
A Tesla logo on a Model S inside of a Tesla dealership in New York on April 29, 2016. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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SAN FRANCISCO—Andrej Karpathy, a high-profile Tesla executive who played a key role in developing the electric car maker’s artificial intelligence and driver assistant technology, said on Wednesday he is leaving the company.

The departure of Karpathy, who provided no reason for leaving, comes at a critical time as Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk races to achieve full self-driving capability this year, after missing earlier targets several times.