Siddhant Awasthi, the programme manager for both the Cybertruck and the established Model 3, confirmed his departure on LinkedIn, stating that the decision was a difficult one after eight years with the company.

Tesla's best-selling Model Y's program manager, Emmanuel Lamacchia, announced his departure on Sunday after nearly eight years, marking another high-profile exit from Elon Musk's electric vehicle company.

Tesla shares up 2.1% pre-market trading Monday after Cybertruck chief Siddhant Awasthi announced his departure, coming just days after shareholders approved Elon Musk’s record $1 trillion compensation package. This is a breaking news story and will be updated shortly.

The fleet was a donation totaling about $2.7 million from Ben Horowitz, co-founder of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm known as Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, and his wife, Felicia Horowitz.