Rivian’s Robotics Spinoff Gets Former Ford EV Chief, Tesla Exec Rivian’s Robotics Spinoff Gets Former Ford EV Chief, Tesla Exec · The Wall Street Journal · Darron Cummings/Associated Press Patrick George Tue, October 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM EDT 1 min read RIVN -0.48% F +1.13% TSLA -1.07% AAPL +0.44% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Doug Field, the former Tesla and Apple executive who helmed Ford Motor’s electric-vehicle development until earlier this year, has a new gig: getting more advanced robots into factories.
