Battery packs age with time, to the point of being non-functional and unrepairable, regardless of use.
Time to unionize Tesla in solidarity. No fear.
Let's link arms and form a work atmosphere we feel good about. https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/uaw-launches-organizing-drive-targets-tesla-and-toyota-8ca34c45
Elon and Europe
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9jvn/tesla-strike-europe-elon-musk-uaw
UAW deals
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2023/10/30/gm-uaw-deal-contract-negotiations-update/71334972007/
UAW Fight
Labor notes is a good place to keep track. Here's the latest. https://labornotes.org/2023/10/auto-workers-escalate-surprise-strike-massive-kentucky-ford-truck-plant
November layoffs
There's talk about a major round of layoffs coming in November. At least ten percent will be affected. No info on which groups will be hit as of yet.
Time to have an organizing drive. Let's put the "US" in mUSk.
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-uaw-boss-tesla-greedy-workers-pitiful-pay-2023-9
Software Locked: CEO reflects on his past
So much to be gained by locking that energy memory. In dollars, if not sense. Pretty smart little trick, but we'll never know who came up with it. Probli some Provo kid who knows about locking things out of the memory. Let's call him Leon. Loves... — read more
Human Resource Manager
Tesla just hired a human resource manager that has a history of discrimination and retaliation of people of color. This person was fired from the previous HR position for doing so. Tesla get ready for complaints and lawsuits.
Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/27/tesla-created-secret-team-to-suppress-thousands-of-driving-range-complaints.html
Car discount?
Acquaintance recruiting me to go to Tesla saying I can get a discount on cars. I couldn’t tell if they were joking or true. Is there discount given to employees?
Court rules Elon Musk broke federal labor law with 2018 tweet
Elon Musk broke US labor law in 2018 when he tweeted Tesla factory workers would forgo stock options if they chose to unionize, according to a federal appeals court. On Friday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a decision spotted by Business... — read more
Tesla Work/Life Balance?
I have heard that there is little to no work/life balance at Tesla (or any EM-run company). Is there any truth to that? I hear that the workloads are huge and that there is an expectation that everyone works much more than a traditional 40 hours per... — read more
Game Over?
https://voidnetwork.gr/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Does-capitalism-have-a-future-a-book-review.pdf
Gasoline Tesla
Riddle me this: why not offer a Tesla with a small gas engine?
Tesla Wokers United
https://tesla-workers-united.squarespace.com/ https://linktr.ee/teslaworkersunited
Elon Musk's Tesla allegedly fired dozens of workers at a Buffalo factory in "retaliation"
Elon Musk's Tesla allegedly fired dozens of workers at a Buffalo factory in "retaliation," a day after they began union efforts, say union organizers. The NLRB previously said Tesla "unlawfully threatened" pro-union workers in Fremont, where Black... — read more
Hyundai EV
And Kevin Bacon selling them... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-568HmYeHxo
I'm worried
I'm worried about the coming financial report and what it will mean for us. Musk has been acting erratic and if the results are not what he had hoped for, he is going to take it out on us. He already lost so much money, a disastrous quarter will most... — read more
We'll be hearing more and more stories like this
A Tesla buyer said he felt "bullied" into taking delivery of his car earlier than he wanted to. Tun Bhothinard told Insider he paid $62,440 for a Tesla Model Y, which now costs about $10,000 less. He said Tesla agents told him he'd lose his... — read more
Is EM a "petulant oligarch"?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/nobel-economist-paul-krugman-slams-elon-musk-and-sam-bankman-fried-and-says-we-re-living-in-an-era-of-petulant-oligarchs
On Lowering Prices
Tesla lowering prices by 7K to 13K is going to devastate the company in the long term. For starters, the profit margin on each car is going to plummet, deeply affecting their revenue. Expecting sales to be up, but earnings way down. What does this... — read more
Past performance is no guarantee of future results...
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3921407-tesla-delivers-405278-cars-in-q4-misses-estimates
Continue to Set Records and Failure is Impossible
I hope all of the new texans out there are in celebration mode. I handsomely separated from the company about a year ago. I hold no bitterness. But it is a new year and you've just got to imagine the this coming year, 2023, will be better than the... — read more
5 Reasons Tesla Stock Is Collapsing
Zane and Connor go over the five reasons that Tesla stock is falling. Tune in to this video to hear about how Elon Musk's other ventures, macroeconomic conditions, and more is negatively affecting the stock... — read more
Can Musk be removed as CEO?
His behavior is destroying the company. He's not running Tesla, he spends all of his time playing with his new toy and reading conspiracy theories. Is there any way to get rid of him before he manages to singlehandedly bring this place to its knees... — read more
Don't Panic. I Repeat Don't Panic. I Repeat...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/elon-musk-warns-against-margin-debt-on-risk-of-market-mass-panic/ar-AA15DpC7?li=BBnb7Kz
EM "asleep at the wheel"
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3920218-5-stocks-to-watch-on-friday-meta-platforms-tesla-and-more
Tesla’s troubles are more proof Elon Musk needs to step down as Twitter CEO
https://fortune.com/2022/12/21/tesla-layoffs-hiring-freeze-musk-twitter-ceo/
Just Let It Burn Down
Enjoy the fire......
UC workers went with UAW
So why could University of California postdocs organize with UAW but Tesla hasn't?
More layoffs...
So who's nuttier, EM or Howard Hughes? https://electrek.co/2022/12/21/tesla-tsla-hiring-freeze-layoffs/
Teslas Towed Away a Sign of the Times?
How many Teslas will be repossessed in 2023? How many people in Silicon Valley didn't think it could happen to them and bought a vehicle they didn't need? ... — read more
EM is daring you...
EM thinks you don't have the courage. Well... https://www.npr.org/2022/03/03/1084366833/elon-musk-dares-united-autoworkers-to-try-to-unionize-tesla
Tesla has shareholders?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-investors-furious-at-elon-musk-for-vanishing-during-crisis-to-play-with-shiny-new-twitter/
EM gets booed at the Chase Center
Chappelle show...Chappelle show... https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/12/elon-musk-booed-by-crowd-at-dave-chapelle-comedy-gig.html
Tesla Motors Layoffs 2023
Thoughts? Any Tesla Motors layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
Recalls in China
"Tesla Inc is recalling more than 80,000 China-made and imported cars produced from as early as 2013, for software and seat belt issues, a statement by the Chinese market regulator revealed on... — read more
EM blowing up Twitter
Can he do the same to Tesla or SpaceX? https://www.thelayoff.com/twitter
Who pays for this?
"Tesla Inc. has disclosed two new fatal crashes involving automated driver assist systems to US regulators bringing its total to 16." ... — read more