&gt; Never a good sign of someone like this leaving the company, regardless of the reason.<p>I wouldn&#x27;t necessarily read more into it. The article states that this person was with Apple for 16 years and worked on iPhones&#x2F;iPods before the car project. 16 years is a long time, so it could legitimately be personal reasons.<p>I&#x27;d feel differently if this was someone they poached from Tesla or Detroit specifically to run the car project. But, an insider who had car experience prior to Apple (at Ford) who was already with Apple when the car project started... it could be anything.