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Re: Tesla whistleblower breaks his silence

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What am I supposed to take away? Some other former employee (who is broke, was fired and is trying to get his job back at Tesla) claims the problems were not that bad (Does he have expertise in batteries?). He makes a bunch of other unfounded allegations about Tripp claiming about getting paid (Musk in his deposition testified that there was no actual evidence for that allegation). The entire testimony reads like inc…

> unfounded allegations about Tripp claiming about getting paid This has already been substantiated on the court documents. https://twitter.com/enn_nafnlaus/status/1220154057895088133?... >(Musk in his deposition testified that there was no actual evidence for that allegation). Do you have a link for this claim? I'm curious to read it.

Page 83 and 84 of the Musk deposition for Lopez.

Musk says that his private security told him that Tripp's colleague (who was living in his car begging for his job back) told him about a payment but the private security testified their investigation found no evidence. Musk himself doesn't explicitly testify that there was no evidence in that passage. I confused that section with his testimony about the lack of evidence linking Tripp to shortsellers on page 96.

So the entire claim about payment rests on the testimony of a QA technician who got fired for cause from Tesla, was living in his car and begging Tesla for his job back, a claim that Musk's own private investigator testified they could find no evidence for.

Re: Tesla whistleblower breaks his silence

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Is there any verification to his core claims? His videos meander so much, his claims are vague, and the statement about firing his attorneys is concerning.

The specificity of the claims, high rate of battery fires on the road, general pattern of behavior at Tesla with respect to build quality and disregard for safety. Not enough to convict anyone but enough to convince me that it is more probable than not. It should also be enough to convince anyone that there is a serious possibility that it's true. What verification would have satisfied you for the fraud at Wirecard (…

> high rate of battery fires on the road

What exactly is that rate? Is it higher than other battery/ICE cars?

Re: Tesla whistleblower breaks his silence

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I believe what's on the official court documents that were made public. Anything else is speculation, which is what is exactly what you're doing.

I didn't speculate about anything. I just said that the public will require overwhelming evidence of something bad to change its mind because of the cult of personality around Musk. That's simply a fact.

change its mind about what? about him being like bill cosby? grow up.

Re: Tesla whistleblower breaks his silence

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Is there any verification to his core claims? His videos meander so much, his claims are vague, and the statement about firing his attorneys is concerning.

Russ Mitchell is an automotive reporter with the LA Times. His tweet says Tripp’s testimony matches his sources within the company about battery issues. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ufszQCn2iueNVPWTkgQi39YNd4z...

Re: Tesla whistleblower breaks his silence

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Can someone fill me in on how this story started?

Martin Tripp was a Tesla employee who was fired for whistleblowing. He saw that Tesla was taking short cuts to increase production at the expense of safety and leaked the info to the press. In retaliation, he had his phone and computer hacked. They even SWATted him and claimed he was going to shoot people at the factory despite having: 1) private investigators having him under surveillance even after office hours 2) knowing his location at all times through his hacked phone.

Re: Tesla whistleblower breaks his silence

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> unfounded allegations about Tripp claiming about getting paid This has already been substantiated on the court documents. https://twitter.com/enn_nafnlaus/status/1220154057895088133?... >(Musk in his deposition testified that there was no actual evidence for that allegation). Do you have a link for this claim? I'm curious to read it.

Page 83 and 84 of the Musk deposition for Lopez. Musk says that his private security told him that Tripp's colleague (who was living in his car begging for his job back) told him about a payment but the private security testified their investigation found no evidence. Musk himself doesn't explicitly testify that there was no evidence in that passage. I confused that section with his testimony about the lack of eviden…

A link to your claims would be great. Otherwise, it's hard to take it seriously.
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