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Tesla Sues Employee Alleged To Have Stolen Gigabytes of Data (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Wednesday, Tesla sued a former employee who worked in its Gigafactory in Nevada, accusing him of stealing trade secrets. The lawsuit appears to be what CEO Elon Musk was referring to recently when he said that production of the Model 3 had been sabotaged. Musk said that there are "more" alleged saboteurs.
According to the civil complaint that was filed in federal court in Nevada, Tesla accused Martin Tripp, who began working in Sparks as a "process technician" in October 2017, of exporting company data: "Tesla has only begun to understand the full scope of Tripp's illegal activity, but he has thus far admitted to writing software that hacked Tesla's manufacturing operating system ("MOS") and to transferring several gigabytes of Tesla data to outside entities. This includes dozens of confidential photographs and a video of Tesla's manufacturing systems."
According to the civil complaint that was filed in federal court in Nevada, Tesla accused Martin Tripp, who began working in Sparks as a "process technician" in October 2017, of exporting company data: "Tesla has only begun to understand the full scope of Tripp's illegal activity, but he has thus far admitted to writing software that hacked Tesla's manufacturing operating system ("MOS") and to transferring several gigabytes of Tesla data to outside entities. This includes dozens of confidential photographs and a video of Tesla's manufacturing systems."
Why is everyone posting on here Tesla's side of the story?
The employee is speaking out now, claiming his actions were part of a whistle-blowing effort. If this was GM or Ford, the Slashdot community would trust the whiste-blower; why are people here trusting the corporation instead?
http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/20/technology/tesla-sues-employee/index.html
And yet they still lose money - even before you count spending on R&D... Or paying the interest on their debt (let alone actually paying down the debt). Or a host of other things....
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
I'm not taking sides however I just ran across this article with a story from the ex-employee. He claims to be a whistle blower and that Tesla has been lying to look better.
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http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/20/technology/tesla-sues-employee/index.html
I'll just wait for the daily Tesla updates here on
"Action without philosophy is a lethal weapon; philosophy without action is worthless."
Tesla's REAL IP has never been about the car, but how to get their manufacturing costs way down. "
Haha! Oh, wait, you're serious? Let me laugh even harder. Tesla has more employees per car produced then every other manufacturer, even when taking into consideration they own their own service centers and don't depend on a dealer network. Musk wasted billions thinking he was smarter than everyone else by trying to over automate final assembly. Almost a year after the Model 3 went into production, billions have been wasted and the total number of cars built is barely over 30K. Tesla is a farce when it comes to efficient manufacturing.
Give it up. Rei and Windborne have a lot invested in Tesla. They will never see any flaws. $10 billion in debt with no way out? No problem! Just add another "production line".