Tesla team seems to look a lot like Apple's, when the American automaker company continues its trend of hiring former Apple employees.
Matt Casebolt is now listed as the Senior Director of Engineering, Closures & Mechanisms at Tesla Motors as stated on his LinkedIn profile, which was updated on Wednesday.
Prior to joining Apple in 2007 as Director of Product Design, Casebolt who graduated with bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering has worked for Acorn, AMD and Rackable System. He left Apple last December.
According to 9to5Mac, Casebolt is named in 52 patents including spanning battery mounts, hinge clutches for computing devices, adhesive application / layering and thermal management systems.
Casebolt is named in 52 patents, according to 9to5Mac. Patents attributed to Casebolt include spanning battery mounts, hinge clutches for computing devices, thermal management systems, and adhesive application and layering.
He also worked on products of Apple including the MacBook Pro with Retina Display which first launched in 2012, the original MacBook Air, the current Mac mini revision, the new Retina MacBook Pro and the 2013 MacBook Pro.
Casebolt isn't the only recent high-profile departure at Apple to Tesla. Last November, former PR specialist Sarah O'Brien was first to leave Apple in September for a job at Tesla, and last Tuesday, the architect of Apple's Swift - Christ Lattner also jumped to the car manufacturer.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk called Apple the "Tesla Graveyard" and has dismissed reports of a brain-drain away from his company.
According to Musk, Apple frequently hires engineers that "don't make it" and have been cast-off from the auto manufacturer.
Meanwhile, Apple reported its first annual revenue decline in 15 years in Octoberas for the first time iPhone sales slumped. The California based company said its revenue dropped about nine percent year on year in the three months ending September 24.
According to RT, Apple's annual sales fell to $216 billion in the 2016 fiscal year ending September 30, down from a record $234 billion the year before.
