SHANGHAI, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Tesla's former

China plant manager is set to join Chinese renewable energy

group Envision, two sources familiar with the matter said on

Thursday.

Song Gang, who announced his departure from Tesla on

Wednesday, is set to take on supply chain management duties at

Envision, one of the sources said.

Envision did not immediately respond to a request for

comment. Song also did not immediately respond to a request for

comment sent on LinkedIn.

Headquartered in Shanghai, Envision is one of the world's

largest wind turbine companies and has research centres in

Denmark, the U.S., Germany and other countries.

It also operates a Nissan Motor Co Ltd ( NSANF ) battery

supplier in the U.S. and is building new battery plants in South

Carolina, Spain, France and the United Kingdom.

Song, who became Gigafactory Shanghai's manager in 2018,

informed Tesla employees that Wednesday would be his last day,

according to the note seen by Reuters. The Shanghai plant is

Tesla's largest factory by output and also exports to Europe and

Southeast Asia.

(Reporting by Brenda Goh; Editing by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan

)