Technically Correct

Elon Musk has voiced concerns about the way Tesla has been covered in the media recently, questioning the legitimacy of the media’s ethics and connection with the truth. Here’s some of that inconvenient reporting from the past year. Consumer Reports reports “big flaws” in the Model 3 Tesla fires factory workers suspected of unionization activities Musk promises free frozen yogurt as remedy to unionization concerns Tesla continues to burn cash at alarming rate and miss ambitious Model 3 deadlines Tesla to “scrub off the barnacles” with mass firings of contractors Tesla overpromises on self-driving tech with “auto-pilot” feature Tesla considered adding eye tracking and steering-wheel sensors, opts not to Tesla booted from crash investigation by NTSB for not following roles, protocol Tesla PR to family of auto-pilot crash driver: “the reason that other families are not on TV is because their loved ones are still alive.” We’re living in a post-facts world where the rich try to define what’s true. Maybe blindly ch