OMG The hot dogs. The hot dogs!

https://youtu.be/nGB8QAOHZ80

#tesla #cybertruck

2024 Tesla Cybertruck | Review & Road Test

You want Micah, well, here he is with Danger reviewing the Tesla Cybertruck. There are revelations, there are opinions, there are hot dogs. #KBBFollow: htt...

^YouTube

⚡Tesla's Supercharger Changes Tell the EV Industry: Fend for Yourselves
— Business Insider

"I got a bounce from every email address," said Andres Pinter, a co-CEO of Bullet EV Charging Solutions, which has about a dozen projects underway for Tesla. Other contractors, he said, may be in trouble if they don't have non-Tesla projects to fall back on."

https://www.businessinsider.com/teslas-supercharger-changes-hurt-wider-ev-industry-2024-5

#supercharger #musk #tesla #layoffs

Tesla's Supercharger changes tell the EV industry: Fend for yourselves

Tesla convinced the entire auto industry that it had fixed the EV charging problem. Now the growth of its Supercharger network is unclear.

^{Graham Rapier (Insider)}

Elon Musk is a total waste of money.

#ElonPutz #EETD #Tesla #Shitter

Tesla is going all out to push Elon Musk's $55 billion pay package through — even spending money on ads https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-spends-money-advertising-elon-musk-pay-package-shareholder-vote-2024-5

Tesla goes all out on Musk pay package, buys ads

Tesla is spending money on ads to promote Elon Musk's $55 billion pay plan.

^{Grace Kay (Insider)}

If these types of decisions are the bar that Tesla sets for a $56 billion CEO, I again offer my services for half that salary — and for half the salary, I’ll be happy to make twice as many boneheaded decisions.

“firing the Supercharger team wasn’t a business decision or a shift in strategy. It was simply Musk getting mad at someone for pushing back on what he was asking for and punishing the entire team as part of his tantrum.”

“Rebecca Tinucci, Tesla’s head of charging, had already laid off between 15% and 20% of the Supercharger team when Musk began pushing for more layoffs. When she pushed back, he not only fired her but also got rid of her entire team at the same time.”

https://qz.com/elon-musk-tesla-supercharger-layoffs-executive-1851479107

#tesla

Elon Musk fired Tesla's Supercharger team because its top executive didn't want to fire more people

She had already laid off at least 15% of her team — but the Tesla CEO reportedly wanted deeper cuts

^{Collin Woodard / Jalopnik (Quartz)}

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

#tesla #tech #elonmusk #layoffs #ev

🚀 YouTuber Melts Down as Tesla Refuses to Replace His Lemon Cybertruck
— @futurism

"TESLA IS REFUSING TO GIVE ME A REPLACEMENT CYBERTRUCK! AFTER MINE HAS BEEN BROKEN 4 TIMES AND STUCK IN SERVICE! IF YOU ARE CONSIDERING BUYING A TESLA YOU NEED TO SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER! THEY ARE TRYING TO SCREW ME OUT OF A TRUCK!!! NOBODY HIGHER UP WANTS TO HELP ME! THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS AT ALL! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬"

https://futurism.com/the-byte/youtuber-melts-down-lemon-cybertruck-replacement

#musk #tesla #cybertruck

YouTuber Melts Down as Tesla Refuses to Replace His Lemon Cybertruck

After weeks of protracted issues with his Cybertruck, a vlogger is melting down and rescinding his Tesla fandom.

^{Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)}

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.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/14/tesla-sued-over-air-pollution-from-factory-in-fremont-california.html

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #environment

Tesla is sued over air pollution from factory operations in Fremont, California

A California nonprofit has sued Tesla over what it calls the company's "ongoing failure to comply with the Clean Air Act" at its Fremont assembly plant.

^{Lora Kolodny (CNBC)}

#China #US #TradePolicy

I agree, in principle, but since the principle "change through trade" has not worked out regarding China--at least since President #Xi has been at the helm--and the start of the #EnergyWars, #NationalSecurity aspects should, as in China, have predominance. As #Elmo's #Tesla has shown, modern #EV|s are also 3D surveillance vehicles.
If there is a #NationalSecurity (not #DataPrivacy) for #TikTok to be made, a very rare bipartisan law, def. 4 EVs, 2

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?

Genius. He’s a genius. (Not really)

I hope the people who were laid off don’t come back given how the CEO of #Tesla treats them as easily disposable.

Tesla really needs to boot this CEO because of his erratic behavior.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/tesla-does-180-on-superchargers-rehiring-laid-off-staff-amid-new-plans/

Elon Musk laid off the Tesla Supercharger team; now he’s rehiring them

Last week the CEO said Tesla will spend $500 million expanding the charger network.

^{Ars Technica}

"The fake part of Tesla has become more real than the real part of Tesla."

Interesting discussion about the hype behind the stock and the lack of substance in #Tesla that, like anything Musk, has become about image and hype much more than actual innovation or product.

It's all smoke and mirrors with the billionaire class.

Tesla is Choosing Hype over Substance w/ Ed Niedermeyer on Tech Won't Save Us by @parismarx

https://pca.st/episode/a07c34a6-4cd9-4224-8b9a-63b104a67a54

#podcast

Tesla is Choosing Hype Over Substance w/ Edward Niedermeyer - Tech Won't Save Us

Silicon Valley wants to shape our future, but why should we let it? Every Thursday, Paris Marx is joined by a new guest to critically examine the tech industry, its big promises, and the people behind them.

^{Pocket Casts}

NEW: Activists from across Germany & Europe are gathering in #Grünheide, near Berlin, to protest against #Tesla & support the local residents in their fight against the planned expansion of Tesla's Gigafactory. They fear deforestation & water shortage among other negative consequences for the community. Preparations have started in a self-organized camp for a long weekend of action.

See our recent story on #Teslastoppen & follow us for news on the actions: https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/teslastoppen-elon-musks-water-war-in-the-heart-of-europe/

🤨Elon #Musk Changes Tune on #Tesla Superchargers After Mass Firing

Last week, he dismissed virtually the entire charging division

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-10/elon-musk-changes-tune-on-tesla-superchargers-after-mass-firing

Well this is an interesting turn of events. The oil company BP is looking to buy #Tesla Supercharger locations.

https://insideevs.com/news/719147/bp-charging-tesla-supercharger-locations/

Content warning: Cybertruck vs Finger (Ouch) Reveal/hide

I wonder about humanity sometimes.

Deleted and reposted with CW (thanks @anubis2814 for the suggestion).

#tesla #cybertruck

“we need to be absolutely hardcore about headcount and cost reduction.”

Psst, there’s this one employee who is working multiple jobs, is never in the office and is asking for a $56 billion pay raise. Lay that guy off and I think you’re done with the layoffs.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/tesla-job-postings-eliminated-tech-layoffs-19447075.php

#tesla

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

Tesla Rewards Dedicated Worker Who Showered at Factory and Slept in His Car by Firing Him

A Tesla employee who slept inside his car and made microwave meals instead of going home got laid off last month from the car company.

^{Sharon Adarlo (Futurism)}

Tesla's Supercharger layoffs couldn't have come at a worse time

#emails #tesla

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/3/24147402/tesla-supercharger-layoffs-stalled-ev-infrastructure-projects

Tesla’s Supercharger layoffs couldn’t have come at a worse time

EV charger infrastructure projects are suddenly stalled without warning as emails to Tesla bounce and NACS adapters are getting delayed.

^{Umar Shakir (The Verge)}

When people ask why I waste my time with this account, it is because of this. He is freaking dangerous.
I know I will not change anything by myself, but ... he is freaking dangerous.

I just wonder why in the world a publication that publishes this still has a link to Twitter, but not to their Threads account, or an account on Mastodon. Thoughts? @motherjonesmag

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/i-read-everything-elon-musk-posted-for-a-week-send-help/

#ElonMusk #Tesla #Tech #Twitter #X

I read everything Elon Musk posted for a week. Send help.

If your media diet looked like his, you’d be red-pilled too.

^{Mother Jones}

Swedish Tesla technicians “described increasing pressure to fix more cars in less time, which they said forced them to take shortcuts, skip breaks and stay late. They’d seen colleagues get fired for reasons that they said seemed arbitrary. Two said they’d spoken up about these issues and were deprived of raises as a result.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-29/tesla-strike-in-sweden-previews-elon-musk-playbook-for-us-unions

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #sweden #labor

Tesla Strike in Sweden Previews Elon Musk Playbook for US Unions

Elon Musk is locked in a stalemate with a group of Swedish technicians that’s lasted four times as long as the United Auto Workers strike.

^{Anders Melin (Bloomberg)}

Content warning: idiot almost loses a finger Reveal/hide

What better way to set your company up for success than to burn the bridges to your future employees?

#tesla #ev

“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

Tesla’s Interns Reportedly Feeling the Wrath of Elon Musk

^{Maxwell Zeff (Gizmodo)}

OMG LOL.

#tesla https://hackers.town/@JoYo/112368948993695082

JoYo (@JoYo@hackers.town)

Attached: 1 image They’ll be in front of the brakes soon enough. https://www.theonion.com/tesla-lays-off-entire-team-behind-brakes-1851449223

^hackers.town

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

#tesla #toyota #honda #california

Elon Musk's California bashing is costing Tesla sales

“Californians’ love affair" with Tesla may have peaked, a local dealers' association said

^{William Gavin (Quartz)}

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 #Tesla #EV #EVCharging #GOPSabotage

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-01/musk-undercuts-tesla-chargers-biden-had-lauded-as-a-big-deal?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_medium=social

Elon Musk Cuts Tesla (TSLA) Supercharger Team, Dealing Blow to Biden’s EV Agenda

Elon Musk has upended a deal the White House saluted early last year to open Tesla Inc.’s electric-vehicle chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to President Joe Biden’s EV agenda.

^{Craig Trudell (Bloomberg)}

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/

Elimination of Tesla's charging department raises worries as EVs from other automakers join network - KOB.com

^{KOB TV}

#WompWomp

#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/

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

#tesla #elonmusk #tech #cars #evs

Tesla layoffs hit Supercharger team just as it’s poised to take over EV charging

Tesla has laid off most of the employees who worked for the company’s EV charging teams, leaving many to wonder whether it was poised to lose ground on Superchargers.

^{Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge)}

#WompWomp

#Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles + getting rid of public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

"Customers not turned off by #Musk's antics instead are losing interest w product lineup of 2 EVs that are ancient in car years (the Models S and X) & 2 EVs that are merely old (the Models 3 and Y)..Any other automaker would have 2nd-gen Model 3 ready to go either this yr or next, but at Tesla, the product pipeline is empty"
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles

Tesla is also getting rid of its public policy team, despite robotaxi ambitions.

^{Ars Technica}