Bloomberg Law
Feb. 21, 2019, 7:16 PM

Tesla’s Newest Top Lawyer Has Testified to Being a True Believer

Dana Hull
Dana Hull
Bloomberg News
Josh Eidelson
Josh Eidelson
Bloomberg News

When a judge was hearing testimony last fall on federal labor-law allegations against Tesla Inc., lawyers posed perfunctory questions to witnesses, including asking them what Tesla is. One response from a vice president was unlike others in its effusiveness.

“It’s everything. Wow -- it’s so much,” Jonathan Chang testified in a U.S. courthouse hearing room in Oakland, California. “I’ve never thought of it as just a car company,” he said, adding that Tesla’s mission “has changed from accelerating the advent of sustainable transport, to accelerating the advent of sustainable energy.”

Jonathan Chang
Source: Tesla

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