Tesla is competing with several Silicon Valley tech companies

Tesla is competing with several Silicon Valley tech companies and Detroit-based auto manufacturers to be among the first to offer autonomous and electric vehicles. 

Last week, it was reported that Google entered into a joint venture with Ford to build self-driving cars. Startups such as Faraday Future, Karma Automotive and Atieva have been wooing engineers away from Tesla for alternative electric-car ventures. It has also been targeted by Apple’s own self-driving car program. 

Earlier this year, data on LinkedIn showed that Apple had been snapping up automotive engineers and experts from the luxury electric car company. More than 60 former Tesla employees were employed by Apple, including dozens of hardware, software, manufacturing and supply chain engineers, recruiters, sales specialists, attorneys and product managers, according to Reuters. Apple reportedly offers up to 60-percent salary bumps and $250,000 signing bonuses to Tesla employees.

Of course, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is poaching the best and brightest from Apple, as well. The Palo Alto-based company recently added at least 150 former Apple staffers to its staff, according to Blomberg.

Musk would like to have his self-driving luxury vehicles on the roads before 2020.

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