Tesla has been on quite the talent search of late. Last year it hired Peter Hochholdinger from Audi to oversee Model 3 production. It also hired Anders Bell—previously of Volvo—to take charge of designing interiors. On Tuesday, we learned that Apple programmer Chris Lattner had left the company Elon Musk once described as the "Tesla Graveyard" to become VP for Autopilot. Well, it turns out he's not the only longtime Apple man to ride whatever it is you'd call the Silicon Valley equivalent of Charon's boat.

Seth Weintraub at 9to5mac has revealed that the electric vehicle maker has also obtained the services of Matt Casebolt, who will assume the role of Senior Director Engineering, Closures and Mechanisms. These are areas where Tesla has previously encountered difficulties; early Model Xs had to have a faulty seat hinge replaced, and the production of the SUV's Falcon Wing doors proved to be quite a headache.

Casebolt's portfolio at Apple includes the original MacBook Air as well as the most recent Mac Pro and MacBook Pro.

In fact, as Weintraub describes, there's quite the Apple diaspora over at Tesla these days, in part thanks to the former drastically scaling back its own automotive ambitions. While we expect it will take a little time to see the results of Tesla's recruitment strategy, it certainly seems to be looking for talent in encouraging places. The past few years have proven it knows how to engineer the best EV powertrain in the business, and it's not too shabby when it comes to advanced driver assists. If it can achieve those levels of competency in some of the other demands of designing and building cars, its future should be very bright indeed.