A top Tesla executive has left to join Waymo, the autonomous car technology startup owned by Google parent company Alphabet. The self-driving car industry has suffered a rough few months of headlines. Related: Waymo CEO says its self-driving cars are safeAfter a fatal accident involving a driverless Uber car in Arizona earlier this year, several companies suspended testing on public roads, including Toyota, Nvidia and Uber itself. Autopilot is not intended to be fully autonomous feature, but Tesla does plan to roll out self-driving capabilities in the future. The car maker said Field is "taking some time off to recharge and spend time with his family" and he "has not left Tesla."

Source: CNN May 13, 2018 00:22 UTC