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How do I know so much about how @elonmusk does things? I spent 3 years investigating Tesla at @BusinessInsider from 2018-2021. Here are some of sloppy, dangerous, callous, things I learned:
Linette Lopez
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Linette Lopez
@lopezlinette
- Replying to @GretaThunbergStill not exactly sure what an Andrew Tate is but I know how you kill one on Twitter.
- If there was impeachment in Veep it would look like this.
00:00 - Replying to @lopezlinetteThat time Elon told his engineers to stop doing brake tests on Model 3s. The tests were finding too many defects, and he wanted speed up the manufacturing process. Is that "hardcore engineering?"
- Replying to @lopezlinetteTesla put batteries with potentially defective cooling systems in people's cars. And they knew about it.
- Shakira is 43 Lev Parnas is 47 J Lo is 50
- Replying to @lopezlinetteThis story put me on Tesla's sh*tlist. It shows a factory in chaos, and explains why Musk was desperately behind schedule while building the Model 3. And if you're looking at it from an accounting lens, it's extremely suspect too.
- .@AOC just asked a mom who lost her baby if ICE detention was cruel. She said: ICE officials asked her why she was in the US saying "You know that this is country of Americans, that the president is Donald Trump, that we can take your daughter, and we can put you in jail."
- Replying to @lopezlinetteTesla has been much faster to do recalls in China than in the US. One of the China recalls sounds like it could be about this defect I reported on, known within the company for years.
- Replying to @lopezlinetteMusk would later admit Tesla was on the verge of bankruptcy during this period. More on the accounting implications of millions of dollars of waste (that doesn't seem to appear anywhere on Tesla's balance sheet). Yes, I'm a nerd.
- Replying to @lopezlinetteAnd yes, there was that time @elonmusk was a total creep to me on this app, which only convinced me I was asking good questions.Replying to @lopezlinetteThey were sent to me by multiple people on the Internet. I don’t use Facebook.
- Replying to @lopezlinetteAnyway, I'll leave you with one of the first pieces I ever wrote about @elonmusk, before I started any investigating, It was clear to me then what I think more people understand about him now.
- Replying to @lopezlinetteAnd don't even get me started on what Tesla's relationship with the Chinese gvmnt may bring. They own the land his Shanghai factory sits on and can take it back whenever they think Elon's out of line.
