General Motors has turned to Sterling Anderson, a veteran of the autonomous vehicle industry, to oversee its entire product line of gas-powered and

General Motors Co. on Monday appointed a former Tesla Inc. leader and the co-founder of a self-driving vehicle company to oversee global products at the Detroit automaker, which has struggled to match electric and self-driving technology offered by Elon Musk's Tesla.

General Motors has hired Sterling Anderson, a former Tesla executive and cofounder of autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation, as its chief product officer.