The leader in autonomous vehicle technology, who will report to GM President Mark Reuss when he joins GM on June 2, will also be chief product officer and oversee product lifecycle for both gas and electric vehicles. He will be based at the Detroit automaker's Mountain View Tech Center in California.

General Motors Co. has hired Sterling Anderson, the former director of Tesla’s Autopilot program and a co-founder of autonomous vehicle startup Aurora Innovation Inc., as the company’s chief product officer overseeing all vehicle development.