Tesla has promoted the head of its Chinese operations, Tom Zhu, to manage all of the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s factories in the U.S., along with sales operations in both North America and Europe — reports Reuters. According to the publication, the executive change was detailed in an internal posting of reporting lines. As outlined […]
According to a recent filing, Tesla is shutting down an office in San Mateo, California, that housed one of the teams working on the company’s drive assistance tech, Autopilot — reports Reuters. The news comes a little over a month after Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent out an internal email to management saying the company […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s almost authoritarian mandate for executive employees to return to the office or “pretend to work somewhere else” is facing a bit of a hiccup, at least at the company’s Fremont factory. According to a report from The Information, workers who have returned to the corporate offices in Tesla’s Fremont complex since […]
As electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla continues to grow, layoffs are to be expected, with a new round of layoffs set to begin as seen in a new email. Tesla CEO Elon Musk emailed employees to announce that the automaker will be performing layoffs, saying that the company has become “overstaffed” in many areas, according […]
According to Automotive News, Tesla has filed a lawsuit against Alexander Yatskov, a former employee, for allegedly stealing confidential information on the company’s supercomputer technology by illegally transferring data to his own computer and turning in a “dummy” laptop for inspection to cover up the theft. Tesla has been developing its own supercomputer technology, dubbed “Project […]
Tesla in February fired John Bernal, a former employee on the company’s Autopilot team and the YouTuber behind AI Addict, a channel dedicated to reviewing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta on public roads — reports CNBC. Bernal started working for Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) company as a data annotation specialist in August 2020 in an office in […]
Tesla is asking employees to publicly protest a policy proposal set forth in the state of California that could increase the costs associated with installing and operating a home solar system, not only for new customers but also for around 1.3 million existing residential solar customers in the state today — reports CNBC. The proposal, […]
Driverless robotaxis are hitting more and more roads each year and the eCommerce industry is hard at work trying to automate deliveries, but according to ABC7, Brandon Tsai and 23 other former SpaceX employees departed from the $100 billion USD space exploration and transportation company to bring robotics and automation to an entirely different industry […]
Jessica Barraza, 38, has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Tesla, alleging “nightmarish” conditions of unchecked inappropriate behavior from coworkers at the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s factory in Fremont, California — reports Reuters. Barraza, who works night shifts at the Fremont factory as a production associate, says she endured “near-daily” catcalls and inappropriate touching during […]
Tesla makes hiring veterans a priority, and hopes that other companies will follow in its footsteps — reports KPIX-TV’s Len Ramirez (@lenKPIX) from the company’s Fremont factory in California (via @WholeMarsBlog). Why Tesla makes hiring veterans a priority $TSLA @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/lZaaCVnml0 — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) November 11, 2021 Not only does the world’s fastest-growing […]
Michael Rihani (@MichaelRihani) recently announced on Twitter that he would be vacating his position as Product Manager for Supercharger User Experience (UX) at Tesla. I’m bidding a farewell to a company I deeply admire. While much has been written about @Tesla and @elonmusk, I’d like to share a few virtues this experience has instilled in […]
Tesla just released a video recapping and commemorating the clean energy pioneer’s journey throughout 2020. From producing over 500,000 vehicles in a year to driving its stock price up over 700% by year’s end, it’s almost hard to believe how much this one company accomplished in a year that was unimaginably tough on business everywhere. […]