The automaker's new VP of global product has previously worked on Tesla's Autopilot and co-founded a driverless trucking startup.

General Motors names Sterling Anderson, co-founder of Aurora, as Chief Product Officer to oversee product lifecycle for vehicles.

Another day, another Tesla defector heads to Detroit. This time, it's none other than Sterling Anderson, one of the OGs who headed up Tesla's early Autopilot program until he left in 2016 to co-found the autonomous trucking company, Aurora.

GM and its partner LG Energy Solution plan to launch production of the technology, called lithium manganese-rich batteries, in the U.S. by 2028.