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Tesla (TSLA) Hires Battery Expert to Help Guide Musk's Oversized Ambitions

May 26, 2016 11:35 AM EDT

Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) is said to have hired Jeff Dahn, a professor at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and leading battery researcher, according to Quartz.

The report states that Dahn is charged by Tesla and CEO Elon Musk with doing "whatever it takes" to ramp up battery production in time for the launch of the Model 3 next year.

Dahn is also expected to give Musk a "fresh view" of Tesla's battery and car production expectations. Musk recently set a goal of producing 500,000 vehicles in 2018 and 1 million by 2020.

Dahn told Quartz that his objectives at Tesla include producing batteries that are low cost, have high energy density, and have a long life.

Shares of Tesla are up nearly 2 percent.



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