Tesla Nominates Former Tech Chief JB Straubel to Board

Executive helped company become world’s most valuable car maker in his first stint with the firm

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Tesla Inc. wants to bring its former technology chief back into the fold.

JB Straubel, who left Tesla in 2019 and now runs a battery-materials company, has been nominated to the auto maker’s board of directors, the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.

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