Tesla charging chief Rebecca Tinucci cut 15-20% of her team after Musk demanded it.
She felt that would justify a major Supercharger network expansion, but when she met with Musk he wanted more layoffs. When she pushed back, he fired the whole team.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/inside-story-elon-musk-mass-100216178.html
Remember all the times Elon Musk said Tesla is so amazing for the environment? The company is being sued for violating the Clean Air Act hundreds of times in recent years by emitting harmful pollutants from its Fremont factory into nearby neighborhoods.
So to recap: Mr. 4D Chess told the head of one of the company’s most promising growth divisions to layoff staff to make number go up. She tells him “no” so naturally he decides to shoot himself in the dick and torpedo the whole team. Then, after some careful consideration (and probably a lot of shareholder blowback) he’s now trying to CTRL+Z the decision.
Can someone please explain to me how his ‘leadership’ is worth $56 billion dollars?
A #CyberTruck with its passenger rear panel missing. They cost $100K. As my friend Water Tiger said, "It's the Fyre Festival of pickups."
#Tesla 's Cybertruck is quickly becoming the Edsel or the Chevrolet Corvair of modern vehicles.
Who will #ElonMusk fire for this?
Whatever happened to @Chron on 
‽ Why isn't the great Houston Chronicle 📰 tooting anymore‽
SpaceX isn’t paying its Texas bills, report says
A Reuters analysis found that the rocket and spacecraft company has racked up more than 70 liens.
"Brian Rozelle, an owner with Houston-based Hydroz Energy Services, told Reuters that if SpaceX called today, “I’d tell them to f--k off.”
https://www.chron.com/culture/article/spacex-overdue-bills-texas-19454904.php
#Tesla #Texas #Deadbeat @Chron @dsilverman #DreuhMarie #SpaceX
Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg
Factory in Grünheide, Germany wants to expand and use even more of the ground water than it is already doing. These activists are fighting to stop the expansion and save the forest: https://vimeo.com/938795435 #Tesla #ElonMusk #TeslaGigafactory #Grünheide #water #waterIsaHumanRight #activism #directAction #ElonMuskIsATwat #ElonMuskGoToMarsAndStayThere
Layoffs are hitting workers at some tech giants like Google, Microsoft and Tesla. Here’s why that may backfire, explains Business Insider’s Tim Paradis. "In short, the effects of layoffs can counter the financial benefits of expenses carved out of a P&L."
https://flip.it/KibAk7
#Tech #Career #LayOffs #Google #Microsoft #Tesla
With more than 25,000 charging ports in the U.S. and over 50,000 worldwide, Tesla’s Supercharger network is the undisputed king of EV fast charging. But with the recent layoffs, CEO Elon Musk “cast a cloud over the private infrastructure project.” Read more from TechCrunch: https://flip.it/KJAelX
#Tech #Technology #Tesla #ElonMusk
If you're wondering why warranty repairs on your Tesla are taking so long, report that ALL warranty repairs there have to be personally approved by Mr. Musk 😂 https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaModelY/comments/1cnp13y/elon_himself_wtf/ #tesla #musk #warranty #automotive
After firing the 500-strong Supercharger team just last month, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has quickly reversed course, claiming the company is still committed to spending “well over” half a billion dollars to grow its Supercharger network, reports Futurism.
Even Musk’s most ardent supporters were shocked by his tanking of this key department — something that sets Tesla apart from many of its competitors. So has he realised his mistakes, or is he simply trying to reassure spooked investors?
Cybertruck vs Finger (Ouch)
I wonder about humanity sometimes.
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Cybertruck vs Finger (Ouch)
I wonder about humanity sometimes.
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The Department of Justice is looking into whether Tesla committed securities and wire fraud around its self-driving vehicle claims.
The investigation into whether Tesla executives misled consumers, investors, and regulators by making unsupported claims about its autonomous capabilities has been going on since late 2021, reports @theverge, but it has now zoned in on specific charges related to statements made by Elon Musk himself. Here’s more on the filing.
U.S. prosecutors are examining whether #Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-autopilot-probe-us-prosecutors-focus-securities-wire-fraud-2024-05-08/
The Department of Justice is looking into whether Tesla committed securities and wire fraud around its self-driving vehicle claims.
The investigation into whether Tesla executives misled consumers, investors, and regulators by making unsupported claims about its autonomous capabilities has been going on since late 2021, reports @theverge, but it has now zoned in on specific charges related to statements made by Elon Musk himself. Here’s more on the filing.
Reminder to not work yourself to death for the sake of your employer.
THEY ARE NOT LOYAL TO YOU.
“Tesla Rewards Dedicated Worker Who Showered at Factory and Slept In His Car By Firing Him”
#ev #cars #tesla #employment #workers
https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-worker-showered-factory-slept-laid-off
I guess Elon is getting his wish to lay off 20% of Tesla because sales fell 20% (which is an idiotic equivalence by the way).
“Tesla announces fourth round of layoffs in four weeks”
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/tesla-announces-fourth-round-of-layoffs-in-four-weeks/
@verge misinformation starts with shit headline so lemme try to rephrase this. #tesla sold a more expensive car at a cheaper price to standardize their manufacturing to use a single batter pack and possibly cell chemistry. They are now allowing buyers to pay the optional extra to unlock that if they choose to (the owner is not compelled to do this). Tesla saves from efficiencies in manufacturing and the owner has the option to extend their cars range if they decide the standard range cheaper car they bought is not their cup of tea. Also of note in the past this was done with the #models 75kwh pack which started shipping with 100kwh packs. Owners were not compelled to buy the unlock and paid the lower MSRP on purchase but when emergencies happened like hurricanes in Florida the extra range was unlocked on cars in those Geos.
Must…resist…making…limerick…
“Cyber Stuck: First Tesla Cybertruck On Nantucket Has A Rough Day”
#tesla #cybertruck #ev #cars #nantucket
https://nantucketcurrent.com/news/cyber-stuck-first-tesla-cybertruck-on-nantucket-has-a-rough-day
@maxkennerly The brand is garbage. The cars slam into stopped emergency vehicles. The cars slam into guard rails. The company spies on "owners" using cameras on the vehicles. He's incompetent at any speed. #Tesla should be banned from manufacturing self-driving automobiles until its childish, rich brat leader either grows up (unlikely) or is removed (by all means). I won't even ride in one.
idiot almost loses a finger
⚠️DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS⚠️
⚠️GROSS VIDEO ALERT⚠️
This Darwin Award enthusiast claims that a #Tesla #Cybertruck software update will now *not* chop off your finger when it gets stuck between the frunk and the fender. He then attempts to prove it by inserting his finger between the frunk and the fender…and the trunk absolutely CRUSHES HIS FINGER.
The truth is actually even worse. The software update that Tesla sent out gradually INCREASES the amount of force applied to close the trunk each time it fails to close the trunk. Their explanation is that some duffel bag may have to be compressed by the lid. Because the guy in the video successfully tried to block the trunk closure with objects twice before he used his finger, the trunk mechanism actually CRUSHED HIS FINGER ON PURPOSE because it was trying extra hard to close the trunk.
This needs to be recalled before a child loses a finger.
#ev #cars #safetyEngineering #carSafety
Src: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRwaVcxe/ https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRwmcPfd/
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What better way to set your company up for success than to burn the bridges to your future employees?
“Tesla’s Interns Reportedly Feeling the Wrath of Elon Musk
Elon Musk's massive cost-cutting efforts at Tesla are hitting the company's summer intern class.”
https://gizmodo.com/tesla-interns-feeling-wrath-elon-musk-1851451465
Elno’s mouth continues to do wonders for his companies. It also doesn’t help that their vehicle pipeline is basically dry with nothing new coming out.
“Registrations of Tesla’s electric vehicles in the Golden State fell 7.8% last quarter, according to data released Monday by the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). That decline follows an even steeper 9.8% hit over the last three months of 2023, the association said.”
https://qz.com/tesla-ev-sales-decline-elon-musk-california-criticism-1851445535
Elno’s mouth continues to do wonders for his companies. It also doesn’t help that their vehicle pipeline is basically dry with nothing new coming out.
“Registrations of Tesla’s electric vehicles in the Golden State fell 7.8% last quarter, according to data released Monday by the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA). That decline follows an even steeper 9.8% hit over the last three months of 2023, the association said.”
https://qz.com/tesla-ev-sales-decline-elon-musk-california-criticism-1851445535
Unsafe At Any Speed, redux.
“the report called out Tesla as an “industry outlier” because its driver assistance features lacked some of the basic precautions taken by its competitors. ”
“Tesla Autopilot Was Uniquely Risky—and May Still Be”
#tesla #cars #ev #selfDriving #fullSelfDriving
https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-autopilot-risky-deaths-crashes-nhtsa-investigation/
Musk undercuts the Biden admin's EV charging initiative:
"Elon Musk has upended a deal the WH saluted early last year to open Tesla’s chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to Pres Biden’s EV agenda.
Musk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the entire Supercharger team at Tesla. He hasn’t publicly confirmed the move or offered a rationale, but has said the co will slow the expansion of its charging network."
Musk hasn't revealed his plans after he cut Tesla's Supercharger Team. Ford thinks the EV station buildout will be fine, but GM is concerned:
"Elon Musk’s move to lay off the department responsible for Tesla’s electric vehicle chargers has touched off worries in the auto industry that EVs from other automakers will have trouble joining Tesla’s network."
#Musk #Tesla #EV #EVCharging
https://www.kob.com/news/business-money/elimination-of-teslas-charging-department-raises-worries-as-evs-from-other-automakers-join-network/
#Tesla has backed away from an ambitious plan for innovations in gigacasting, its pioneering manufacturing process, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in another sign that the electric-vehicle maker is retrenching amid falling sales and rising competition.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-retreats-next-generation-gigacasting-manufacturing-process-2024-05-01/
“Elon #Musk's abrupt decision to lay off employees who ran #Tesla's electric vehicle charging business blindsided automakers gearing up to equip new EVs for customers to use the Tesla Supercharger network”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/musk-disbands-tesla-ev-charging-team-leaving-customers-dark-2024-04-30/
This is truly one of the more baffling decisions I’ve seen in a long time. Tesla is a leader in charging infrastructure, to the degree that virtually every other carmaker is even adopting its standard.
Then Elon Musk laid off the entire Supercharger team.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24145621/tesla-layoff-supercharger-ev-charging-nacs-elon-musk
Hahahah, and the stock went up when he mentioned the cheap version of the Tesla was happening and there'd be robotaxis.
You suckers.
Barely two weeks have passed since Tesla initiated layoffs for at least 14,000 staff, and the company is now reportedly laying off hundreds more — including senior executives and the majority of its Supercharging team. But that may not be the end of it.
In an email sent to executives last night, Elon Musk said he wanted Tesla to be “absolutely hard core” about the cuts, stating even staff working underneath executives who “don’t obviously pass the excellent, necessary and trustworthy test” would also be out of a job. Here’s more from @theverge.
ArsTechnica: New vehicle and Supercharger teams at Tesla axed as Musk cuts costs... "Tesla is laying off around 500 staff who have worked on its Supercharger network, plus its new vehicle development team and its public policy team." https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social #musk #tesla #auto #automotive
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Elon Musk to back out of a settlement he struck with the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2018, over tweets he made about Tesla that regulators alleged were fraudulent.
To avoid enforcement, Musk agreed to a “Twitter sitter” — a company lawyer that was required to approve any social media posts he made about Tesla. Now, he’s claiming it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, but as @CNN reports, the Supreme Court doesn’t agree.
El informe de la Agencia de #Seguridad del #Tráfico por Carretera de #EEUU (#NHTSA) sobre los sistemas de “asistencia a la conducción” de los #Tesla ya está aquí. Y es TERRORÍFICO.
#automóvil #transporte #industria #noticias
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/26/24141361/tesla-autopilot-fsd-nhtsa-investigation-report-crash-death
Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving has been linked to hundreds of crashes and dozens of deaths, according to a federal investigation published today.
“In total, NHTSA investigated 956 crashes, starting in January 2018 and extending all the way until August 2023,” reports @theverge. “Of those crashes, some of which involved other vehicles striking the Tesla vehicle, 29 people died. There were also 211 crashes in which ‘the frontal plane of the Tesla struck a vehicle or obstacle in its path.’ These crashes, which were often the most severe, resulted in 14 deaths and 49 injuries.”
U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened an investigation into whether #Tesla's recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December to install new Autopilot safeguards is adequate.
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-probes-tesla-recall-2-million-vehicles-over-autopilot-citing-concerns-2024-04-26/
This reinforces my suspicion that #Tesla is facing a cash flow crunch due to flagging sales. They’re in a vicious cycle right now of price reduction to goose sales, which reduces revenue, prompting more price reductions etc. This bodes poorly for the company.
“Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions”
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-profits-drop-55-as-elon-musk-dodges-cheap-car-questions/
@arstechnica As long as those computers continue to interact with me via switches, knobs and buttons, that's OK. What's not OK is swapping in a giant touch screen to replace all those controls for which we develop muscle memory and can soon use without distraction from, erm, driving.
#Tesla’s Profit Fell 55%, Adding to Concerns About Its Strategy
The first-quarter results will very likely fuel worries that competitors will continue grabbing a bigger slice of a #market dealing with slowing #ElectricCar sales.
#ElonMusk #Musk #finance #investing #StockMarket #business #egomaniac #EV
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/business/tesla-earnings-first-quarter-elon-musk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Heard a new way to refer to this monstrosity. “InCell Camino” and almost went into full arrest cause you know, the uncontrolled laughter. #cybertruck #incellcamino #tesla #truck #cars
Thank you, Associated Press, for getting this subhead right.
Amazing they can charge for the feature (which is just a software update, since the cars already had the sensors it uses) when it's still so far short of actually working.
😂Elon #Musk’s Robotaxi Dreams Plunge #Tesla Into Chaos https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-21/tesla-tsla-cybertruck-recall-is-latest-setback-to-stock-s-rough-2024
“#Tesla has cut prices in a number of its major markets - including in China and Germany - after price cuts in the United States - as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles (EVs), especially against cheaper Chinese EVs.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cuts-prices-across-its-line-up-china-2024-04-21/
Elon Musk once promised Tesla vehicles would have insanely high resale value because they’d all be robotaxis. Owners must be pissed he keeps gutting the value of vehicles they paid much more for a few years back.
I inherited my dad’s #Tesla and I have so far been unable to get insurance for it, possibly because of their tendency to hit people and blow up.
Tesla has recalled all 3,878 Cybertrucks due to a fault that causes the accelerator pedal to get stuck.
As reported by @theverge, the defect can result in the pedal pad becoming trapped in the vehicle’s interior trim when “high force is applied.”
Tesla has to recall every Cybertruck it’s shipped. There are only 3,878 of them.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/tesla-cybertruck-throttle-accelerator-pedal-stuck/
🤔🤨🧐 How did a carwash kill a #Cybertruck‽
Why is #Tesla not honoring the warranty‽
Does #ElonMusk realize how weak this makes Cybertruck look‽
👉🏾 Cybertruck Turns Into Large Metal Brick After Going Through Car Wash https://futurism.com/cybertruck-brick-car-wash
I know many people like the Cybertruck, but…..
You can’t wash it in direct sunlight and it has a “car wash mode”??
https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-no-match-for-car-wash-1851417011
Boycott #TraderJoes.
Boycott #Starbucks.
Boycott anything to do with Musk. #X #Twitter #Tesla #SpaceX
Corporations and their leaders will do everything they can to absolutely fuck you, so: Fuck Them.
Boom.
“Tesla lays off ‘more than 10%’ of its global workforce”
https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-of-its-global-workforce/
@arstechnica Every #Tesla #Cybertruck should come with an “#Incelinside “ sticker!
I saw a #Tesla #Cybertruck this morning in real life and in motion. I gotta say… it’s just as ugly as it is in pictures.
I saw a #Tesla #Cybertruck this morning in real life and in motion. I gotta say… it’s just as ugly as it is in pictures.
#Tesla to lay off more than 10% of staff globally as sales fall https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-lay-off-more-than-10-its-staff-electrek-reports-2024-04-15/
Here it comes
Tesla (TSLA) is rumored to be preparing a massive round of layoffs
https://electrek.co/2024/04/14/tesla-rumor-massive-round-layoffs/
#Tesla has halted Cybertruck deliveries, according to social media chatter, possibly to address a problem with the accelerator pedal.
https://www.investors.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-deliveries-reportedly-halted/
Jalopnik: Tesla Model 3 Traps TikToker Inside 115-Degree Car During A Software Update https://jalopnik.com/a-tiktoker-got-trapped-inside-her-115-degree-tesla-mode-1851404777
#tesla #safety #oops
Blatant racism and overt sexual harassment, that’s the #tesla way.
“The Toxic Culture at Tesla”
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/tesla-racism-sexual-harassment/
#Tesla apparently switched on (not just offered—*switched on*) #FSD #FullSelfDriving on all cars this month, apparently to goose their numbers.
“I’ve rarely been so frightened behind the wheel of my own car. As an experience it ranks right up there with driving that one stretch of the 880 where you’re supposed to go at 45mph and everybody drives twice that, the time I was riding in a Lyft and was jackknifed by a tow truck, or that one time I was driving on the 101 North and a tech bro Lamborghini shot out of the Highway 12 offramp and came within two inches of hitting me, spun around in the road, and careened off into the distance.”
“So would I pay the money for it? Fear on this level seems like a pretty poor use of $12,000 or $199 a month. You can rent a horror movie for $2.99, and paying attention to America is free.”
“I tried Tesla FSD” by @ben
Tesla has settled a lawsuit over the fatal Model X crash, which killed Apple engineer Wei Lun Huang in 2019.
The company confirmed Autopilot was turned on, but had always insisted driver error was to blame. However, as @engadget reports, Tesla settled out of court on the day that the trial's jury selection was due to take place.
@SteveInVentura All good reasons NOT to buy a #Tesla and to short the stock.
@arstechnica The whole selling point of the TWELVE THOUSAND dollar "FULL self-driving" option is that the car is fully self-driving.
You *should* be able play on your phone while the Tesla is in FSD mode otherwise I would suggest that you are being conned out of $12,000.
And *surely* #SpaceKaren wouldn't be talking bollocks now would he? I mean, we have #Hyperloop & #robotaxis everywhere today, right?
As you know, I go to a ton of #carmeets. Well, #Cybertrucks have started showing up to a couple of morning meets the past two weekends.
And I noticed something interesting: *car people ignored them*. Nobody stopped their conversation to look. Nobody got on their knees to take photos. Nobody got their phones out to make reels. They just glanced at the truck, and went right back to talking with their pals. Absolutely zero interest.
It’s fascinating because the weirdest-looking, ostensibly most technologically interesting vehicle to have come out in decades shows up, and car enthusiasts treat it like it were a Kia Sedona. Every reviewer of the Cybertruck says they constantly get stopped by people wherever they go—well, apparently, this does not happen at car gatherings.
And it’s not about EVs, either. Bring a Rimac Nevera, and I guarantee you’ll get a crowd forming around your car. It’s the Cybertruck in particular.
Tesla will reveal its long-promised robotaxi on Aug. 8, Elon Musk posted recently. The announcement came on the same day that Reuters reported that the company had canceled plans to build an affordable electric vehicle. @theverge has more: https://flip.it/Py-4N_
#Tech #Technology #Cars #Tesla
Tesla has canceled the long-promised inexpensive car that investors have been counting on to drive its growth into a mass-market automaker, according to three sources familiar with the matter and company messages seen by reporters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/06/tesla-scraps-low-cost-car/ #business #elonmusk #carmakers #tesla
