Drew Baglino

Former SVP of Powertrain & Energy Engineering

Drew Baglino joined Tesla in 2006 and spent 18 years there, rising to Senior Vice President of Powertrain and Energy Engineering in 2019. A Stanford graduate, he worked across motor, battery and power-electronics engineering and led Tesla Energy’s grid-scale battery products. He was a frequent presenter at Tesla’s Battery Day events, helping define the 4680 cell and energy-storage strategy, before departing in 2024. Baglino was the public face of Tesla’s battery and powertrain engineering for years, translating dense technical roadmaps into the cost and range gains that powered the Model 3 and Model Y. He also helped build Tesla Energy into a fast-growing, high-margin business — the Powerwall and Megapack lines that turned Tesla from a carmaker into an energy company as much as an automaker.