Thread by @ElectronComm, 1/ Tesla's strategy is "hide, deny, delay, override (by direct-appeal-to-politicians)". Seems a [...]

1/ Tesla's strategy is "hide, deny, delay, override (by direct-appeal-to-politicians)". Seems a common SV strategy: buy time to metastasize before regulatory reaction comes. A mini-thread.

$TSLAQ https://twitter.com/orthereaboot/status/1335958616185114624

https://twitter.com/orthereaboot/status/1335958616185114624

2/ HIDE: cf. @Tweetermeyer's reporting on **NDA's for people with suspension issues**. https://dailykanban.com/2016/06/08/tesla-suspension-breakage-not-crime-coverup/

Tesla Suspension Breakage: It’s Not The Crime, It’s The Coverup

For several months now, reports have circulated in comment sections and forum threads about a possible defect in Tesla’s vehicles that may cause suspension control arms to break. Many of thos…

https://dailykanban.com/2016/06/08/tesla-suspension-breakage-not-crime-coverup/

3/ DENY: @willCIR @reveal's proof Tesla undercounted (still undercounts?) injuries was loudly denied, with a side of insults. (Also fits under "hide"; Ed's suspension reporting also generated a "deny"). https://revealnews.org/article/inside-teslas-factory-a-medical-clinic-designed-to-ignore-injured-workers/

Inside Tesla’s factory, a medical clinic designed to ignore injured workers | Reveal

The clinic’s practices are unsafe and unethical, five former clinic employees said.

https://revealnews.org/article/inside-teslas-factory-a-medical-clinic-designed-to-ignore-injured-workers/

4/ DELAY: Tesla stalled for time when OSHA inspectors got a judge's warrant to inspect the premises. Via @AnjeanetteDamon https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2020/03/03/osha-tesla-gigafactory-nevada-full-safety-inspection-avoided/4931563002/

5/ OVERRIDE (by appeal to politicians). Again via @AnjeanetteDamon. Ed had previously reported CEC management's deaf ears about employee concerns re: gaming credits with the battery swap fraud.

6/ OVERRIDE #2 - Fremont broke Alameda County orders in May and reopened mid-Covid pandemic. California Governor Newsom protested his hands were tied and let it slide. (S.E.C.

) https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/business/tesla-plant-reopening/index.html

California officials capitulate to Elon Musk, allow Tesla plant to reopen

Tesla's standoff with California's Alameda County officials has come to an end after the county agreed to let Tesla's factory in Fremont, California, reopen.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/business/tesla-plant-reopening/index.html

7/ A month later @GavinNewsom promoted Alameda County health officer Erica Pan, whose authority was *publicly violated* by Musk and Tesla but who had stayed quiet, to State Epidemiologist.

via @matthewkawahara https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Alameda-County-s-health-officer-resigning-to-15375534.php

Alameda County's health officer resigning to take top state epidemiology job

Alameda County health officer Dr. Erica Pan has been appointed California State Epidemiologist and deputy director for the Center for Infectious Diseases at the California Department of Public...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Alameda-County-s-health-officer-resigning-to-15375534.php

8/ Sure would be nice if someone decided to "FOIAround and Find Out".

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