Tesla loses legal Alprescott vice president and joins Luminar

TeslaAl Prescott's longtime vice president, legal and deputy legal counsel, joined the electric vehicle and renewable energy companies away. Luminal, LIDAR startup. This move is noteworthy in many ways. For one, Tesla's CEO Elon Musk We have long argued that lidar technology, or optical ranging and detection sensors, is too expensive to be needed for the development of self-driving cars. However, Prescott's move to Luminar, Chief Legal Officer, supports this technology.