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My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by chasd00 »

zigman1 wrote: post #13

Its honestly baffling how out of porch Tesla has fallen. I remember the times around when Model S first came out, the security of the car was one of the biggest praises it received. It excelled in crash tests, I don't know if this is still the case, but recently it seems like the car wants to kill you so it can show the developers which process needs improvement. "it is all about deleting just a bit more than you fee…

If Musk didn’t buy Twitter and get tech groupthink subscriber’s undergarments in a twist then Tesla would still be a tech darling. His antics on social media is doing more damage to Tesla’s brand than anything else.

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by chasd00 »

neglesaks wrote: post #11

>"I want to clear my name. I wish Elon Musk had the decency to apologise," is her message to the company’s billionaire boss. Know this: You will never get a narcissist to genuinely apologize.

How does getting someone to apologize “clear” your name? Heh sounds like she’s the narcissist.

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by brnt »

mschuster91 wrote: post #14
LightBug1 wrote: post #10

At this point, how could anyone even contemplate buying from such a scummy company? ... (not necessarily staff, although you'd have to assume that many of them have bought in the Elon hype and are, as such, complicit). If branding means anything in this day and age, how can you associate yourself with such scummy brand? As a customer or employee? I was a fanboy a decade ago. Wouldn't touch them with your bargepole no…

> At this point, how could anyone even contemplate buying from such a scummy company? Sad to say it but Tesla is still miles ahead of the competition in specs (power, torque, speed, range) at the respective pricepoints.

> power, torque, speed,

People still care about that?

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by janice1999 »

suddenclarity wrote: post #68

Unless I missed it, the article seems to leave out details. According to previous articles, she seemingly accused Tesla of corruption by placing orders to suppliers based on friendship more than quality and price. The safety issue of mats sliding was just one part of the complaints. The article also states that Tesla never provided any details about her secret personal project, but in previous articles it was said to…

That honestly sounds like a typical corporate smear attempt - vague, hard to (dis)prove accusations with no proof whatsoever presented.

Tesla/Elon have a track report of egregiously lying when it comes to whistleblowers or people they don't like. That includes an obviously fake shooter threat that could have killed one whistleblower [0] and Elon very publicly accusing an innocent man of being a pedophile.

I'm going to side with the whistleblower until proven otherwise.

[0] https://medium.com/bloomberg-businessweek/when-elon-musk-tri...

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by laborcontract »

huhtenberg wrote: post #56
spiderfarmer wrote: post #7

Reportedly, Tesla is having a big issue with their accelerator pedal right now. The thin metal cover of that pedal is not always thoroughly secured and slides off easily, wedging itself into the carpet behind the pedal. This causes the accelerator to be stuck (at high velocity!). https://insideevs.com/news/716031/tesla-cybertruck-stuck-acc... As a Tesla customer, you are part of the QA team. That's what you get when…

Video of the CyberTruck pedal issue - https://www.tiktok.com/@el.chepito1985/video/735775817650408...

This is horrifying. Some people just don’t have the proprioception to react correctly in a situation like this. I don’t know if I would myself.

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by mlrtime »

spiderfarmer wrote: post #7

Reportedly, Tesla is having a big issue with their accelerator pedal right now. The thin metal cover of that pedal is not always thoroughly secured and slides off easily, wedging itself into the carpet behind the pedal. This causes the accelerator to be stuck (at high velocity!). https://insideevs.com/news/716031/tesla-cybertruck-stuck-acc... As a Tesla customer, you are part of the QA team. That's what you get when…

FWIW many car manufacturers have had almost this exact same problem. Toyota had to recall hundreds of thousands[1] of vehicles for this issue. My '19 rav4 didn't come with floor mats because the dealership didn't want to take the risk.

So the question is , how many Toyotas failed before they issued the recall, was in voluntary or forced?

1 https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2011/02/toyota-anno...

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by tasuki »

> Ultimately, Ms Balan says, she has doggedly pursued the case for so long because she wants to prove her innocence to her son.

This... does not make any sense? Like, I don't even know about this case, but it's kind of obvious she was let go because Tesla didn't like to hear what she had to say? Why would her own son of all people think she was guilty?

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by pas »

zigman1 wrote: post #13

Its honestly baffling how out of porch Tesla has fallen. I remember the times around when Model S first came out, the security of the car was one of the biggest praises it received. It excelled in crash tests, I don't know if this is still the case, but recently it seems like the car wants to kill you so it can show the developers which process needs improvement. "it is all about deleting just a bit more than you fee…

EVs (ought to) do well because they are heavy, their center of mass is very low (because the batteries are dense and the battery pack is huge, to get the range and redundancy / current distribution), and no engine in the front, so the whole compartment can act as a big crumple zone.

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by master-lincoln »

throwaway61024 wrote: post #48
master-lincoln wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it's far behind in safety, comfort, ergonomics, quality, privacy. So we need to chose what is important to us

Tesla is still ahead of it competitors in safety [1][2]. Can you elaborate on what you mean by privacy? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Zoe#Safety [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3#Safety

Maybe referring to safety disadvantages was unfair then, thx.

I just had the Cybertruck Finger 'Guillotine' in mind. And the cases of things slipping under the accelerator pedal, blocking it and causing safety issues.

For privacy I had this report in mind where Tesla workers shared private images recorded by a customer car[0]

[0] https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sens...

Re: My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

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Post by guax »

tasuki wrote: post #77

> Ultimately, Ms Balan says, she has doggedly pursued the case for so long because she wants to prove her innocence to her son. This... does not make any sense? Like, I don't even know about this case, but it's kind of obvious she was let go because Tesla didn't like to hear what she had to say? Why would her own son of all people think she was guilty?

The sentiment is: I don't want to die and having my son read in the news or be told by others that his mother was a thief.

It makes tons of sense.

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