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Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

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Re: Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

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Post by aerovistae »

coldtea wrote: post #59
xiphias2 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree with you that he's not an exception, but at the same time I got a chronic sickness from the air pollution that's caused by oil and diesel car companies, and I know that millions of other people are dying, so I still think that other car company CEOs are even more shitty.

It's not like Tesla is novel or unique or better at electric cars. Conventional car companies have worked on electric cars, and have their own models for decades. Tesla's unique proposition was about building an electric supercar (and even that is not working very well, profits wise). They'll hardly be the one's replacing the mass oil and diesel cars with electric models...

I don’t even know what to say to the first sentence in your comment.

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Post by fabianluque »

DiabloD3 wrote: post #43

What I don't understand is why Bloomberg is not required to publish that they have any financial interest in Tesla. Bloomberg seems to only publish negative news about Tesla, and clearly has a bias, as if they hold or represent someone that holds a large short position. The story published by Bloomberg does not actually cite any sources, only what is already publicly known and what Tripp has personally claimed; and s…

The timing of the publication though. One day before Model Y announcement.

Re: Elon Musk Tried to Destroy a Tesla Whistleblower

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Post by lawlessone »

RivieraKid wrote: post #31

Elon Musk is a pathological liar who goes full evil against people who dare to question him. Remember the British diver Unsworth. Or how tried to trigger a short squeeze by lying on Twitter multiple times. He called a respected non-profit media organization an extremist organization" after they did a piece critical of Tesla.

in 2016 he shared an article that suggested a rocket explosion was sabotage. Though he qualified that by saying it isn't true.

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Post by leesec »

peteradio wrote: post #38
i_call_solo wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Musk is heavily involved in the engineering efforts at Tesla and SpaceX. Losing him would not be a good thing for these companies despite his public antics.

Waaaat who told you this? An ceo directly interfering with engineering is a huge nono. Do you think this guy is Tony stark? He's a up jumped Web Dev.

He literally designed his rocket and built multiple million/billion dollar tech companies.

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Post by protomyth »

To Antinoro, one of the strangest parts of the situation was that after he told the company the threat was false, it asked him to put out a press release hyping it. He declined, but Tesla publicized the incident anyway.

Antinoro says he’s told his force not to bother investigating crimes at the Gigafactory unless Tesla starts cooperating. Big business, he’s decided, is its own strange world. “Standard Oil was probably as weird as Elon Musk,” he says.

Yep, this is every small town sheriff dealing with someone they believe to be a crackpot. One shouldn't play games with law enforcement.

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Post by ncr100 »

samirillian wrote: post #29

As a person who really wanted Musk to be an exception to the rule of shitty billionaires, this story really is the last nail in the coffin. Way too much moral casuistry you'd have to go through to justify or cast doubt on all of these insane stories.

HUMANS!

Humans are the thread through these disgusting stories, samirillian. We're all human, tragically. And we need regulation in order to live together peacefully:

* Law, morality, ethics, and public retaliation when any of these are abused.

This technology industry that we all work in enables abuse on an unprecedented scale. Use your power. Don't blindly support the de-facto system. Don't blindly share your solutions to problems. Consider ethics as you work.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicabaron/2018/10/17/we-need...

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Post by dkersten »

i_call_solo wrote: post #12
ocdtrekkie wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would argue that neither Tesla nor SpaceX will disappear if Elon Musk goes to jail. In fact, the argument could be made both companies would perform more reliably without him.

Musk is heavily involved in the engineering efforts at Tesla and SpaceX. Losing him would not be a good thing for these companies despite his public antics.

Is the bus factor really 1 though? Can the companies not survive without him? What if he gets sick or has an accident? That sounds risky.
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