Chinese electric car startups hemorrhaging Silicon Valley talent

Development model of research in U.S. and testing in China has failed to work

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Gu Junli, who served as vice president of autonomous driving at Xpeng Motors for more than two years, has left the Chinese EV maker. © Reuters

CHENG XIAOYI, 36Kr

BEIJING -- A Silicon Valley hiring spree among Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers appears to have come to an end, as a number of executives employed to lead the startups' U.S. development are quitting.

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