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Old 06-19-2018, 04:10 AM   #421 (permalink)
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electrek.co:Elon Musk plans to sell ‘major’ stake in Tesla in ‘about 20 years’ to finance SpaceX’s Mars plans/

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Old 06-19-2018, 04:38 AM   #422 (permalink)
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/18/elon...-sabotage.html
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Subject: Some concerning news

June 17, 2018

11:57 p.m.

I was dismayed to learn this weekend about a Tesla employee who had conducted quite extensive and damaging sabotage to our operations. This included making direct code changes to the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System under false usernames and exporting large amounts of highly sensitive Tesla data to unknown third parties.

The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted to so far is pretty bad. His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive. In light of these actions, not promoting him was definitely the right move.

However, there may be considerably more to this situation than meets the eye, so the investigation will continue in depth this week. We need to figure out if he was acting alone or with others at Tesla and if he was working with any outside organizations.

As you know, there are a long list of organizations that want Tesla to die. These include Wall Street short-sellers, who have already lost billions of dollars and stand to lose a lot more. Then there are the oil & gas companies, the wealthiest industry in the world — they don't love the idea of Tesla advancing the progress of solar power & electric cars. Don't want to blow your mind, but rumor has it that those companies are sometimes not super nice. Then there are the multitude of big gas/diesel car company competitors. If they're willing to cheat so much about emissions, maybe they're willing to cheat in other ways?

Most of the time, when there is theft of goods, leaking of confidential information, dereliction of duty or outright sabotage, the reason really is something simple like wanting to get back at someone within the company or at the company as a whole. Occasionally, it is much more serious.

Please be extremely vigilant, particularly over the next few weeks as we ramp up the production rate to 5k/week. This is when outside forces have the strongest motivation to stop us.

If you know of, see or suspect anything suspicious, please send a note to [email address removed for privacy] with as much info as possible. This can be done in your name, which will be kept confidential, or completely anonymously.

Looking forward to having a great week with you as we charge up the super exciting ramp to 5000 Model 3 cars per week!

Will follow this up with emails every few days describing the progress and challenges of the Model 3 ramp.

Thanks for working so hard to make Tesla successful,
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Old 06-19-2018, 11:10 AM   #423 (permalink)
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Saw my first Model III a few days ago headed northbound between Waco and Dallas. It's not pretty. Shame, the Model S always grabs my attention even from peripheral vision; this one is a bit ungainly looking.

It's funny, I had seen maybe my second Cadillac ELR eve two days before that: now there's a looker. Elon, you taking notes yet?
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Model S is very good looking, and Model 3 is good looking. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. My biggest complaint is these are sedans and not hatchbacks. That, and cost and availability.
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The Model S is a hatchback, and the Model 3 is a sedan.
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'Nuff said.

I saw a Youtube video where it's designer walked through the design of the Jaguar I-Pace. It's big feature is what Chrysler Corp has been calling 'cab-forward' design for 20 years. I understand that the Model 3 shifted the cowl height down and forward compared to the Model S, so it has that.
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'Nuff said.

I saw a Youtube video where it's designer walked through the design of the Jaguar I-Pace. It's big feature is what Chrysler Corp has been calling 'cab-forward' design for 20 years. I understand that the Model 3 shifted the cowl height down and forward compared to the Model S, so it has that.
Yup, saw that too. And I was so disappointed.
'Since we have no ICE, we could move the cab forward'...
They are just building the same concept of a car over again, tweaking it a bit, while Tesla redesigned the car from the ground up. The i-pace is an SUV where the back passengers heads come dangerously close to the sides, imo, so not that spaceous?
And they are so proud of their 0.29 drag coefficient... The Model X has 0.24!!!
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I like to think that it's Arcimoto that has re-architected wheeled transportation, with it's tandem two-seat electric tadpole reverse trike.

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Looking forward to having a great week with you as we charge up the super exciting ramp to 5000 Model 3 cars per week!
I just watched a Youtube video titled We Just Bought The Most Significant Car on YouTube by TFLnow. They point to the pinnacle of Beetledom as being a beige 1971 [flatscreen] Superbeetle. I cannot disagree.

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02:51 1971 at a total of 1.3 million
02:56 Volkswagen Beetles think about that
02:58 number one point three million
03:00 Volkswagen Beetles I was reading a piece
03:02 of advertising material for the beetle
03:03 back in the late 60s and that piece said
03:06 that they were producing three thousand
03:09 Volkswagen Beetles every single day
03:10 three thousand every single day that's
03:12 like two hundred and fifty an hour if
03:16 you consider a 12-hour workday that is
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I like to think that it's Arcimoto that has re-architected wheeled transportation, with it's tandem two-seat electric tadpole reverse trike.

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I just watched a Youtube video titled We Just Bought The Most Significant Car on YouTube by TFLnow. They point to the pinnacle of Beetledom as being a beige 1971 [flatscreen] Superbeetle. I cannot disagree.


The VW Beetle is Back! Next Generation Discovers Air COOLness - Beetle Diaries Ep.1
... and I always thought a Superbeetle was defined by the curved glass. There's my learnin' for the day.
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