Martin Tripp
Martin Tripp is a former Tesla employee, who worked at Tesla's Giga Nevada factory. In June 2018, Business Insider reported that "as much as 40% of the raw materials used...at Tesla's Gigafactory in Nevada need to be scrapped or reworked by employees",[1] and Tripp was ultimately identified as the leaker of this information, sparking intense retaliation from the company.[2][3][4][5][6]
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Tripp disclosed internal photos and vehicle identification numbers on Twitter, accusing Tesla of battery manufacturing defects, claiming they may affect driving safety.
He posted photos on Twitter using the TSLAQ hashtag, one of which included a vehicle identification number. It said that the batteries of these vehicles are made of broken, defective cells and that they should not be mounted on the car.[7]
Another post claimed that residues and waste were stored in an open parking lot and in trucks by Gigafactory 1, rather than in an appropriate temperature-controlled warehouse.
"As we said before, these statements are all wrong. Mr. Tripp doesn't even know what he said about car battery safety." A spokesperson for Tesla said: "No Model 3 is defective. The battery, all the vehicle identification codes posted by Mr. Tripp, has been determined to use a safe battery. It is worth mentioning that the Model 3 has not experienced battery safety problems so far."
In July 2018, Tesla's counsel, John Hueston, met with the FBI and the Nevada Attorney General's office to ask that Tripp be criminally prosecuted. No criminal charges have been brought.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Lopez, Linette. "Internal documents reveal Tesla is blowing through an insane amount of raw material and cash to make Model 3s, and production is still a nightmare". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ↑ "When Elon Musk Tried to Destroy Tesla Whistleblower Martin Tripp - Bloomberg". 2019-03-14. Archived from the original on 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ↑ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ↑ O'Kane, Sean (13 March 2019). "Tesla allegedly hacked, spied on, and followed Gigafactory whistleblower: report". The Verge. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ↑ Lopez, Linette. "The ex-Tesla employee Elon Musk called a 'horrible human being' just slapped the company with a countersuit alleging defamation". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ↑ "Tesla's war against whistleblower Martin Tripp". ft.com. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- ↑ Lopez, Linette (2018-08-15). "Ex-Tesla employee Martin Tripp posted dozens of photos that he alleges came from inside Tesla". Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-12-08. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "#125 in Tesla, Inc. v. Tripp (D. Nev., 3:18-cv-00296) – CourtListener.com". CourtListener. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
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