Comments on: Tesla Birth Watch 26: Spring Cleaning Comes Early

By: Redbarchetta

Redbarchetta — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:16:07 +0000

Wow this explains why they were a no show in Detriot. I was wondering when Eberharts no disclose agreement was going to come back to bite him. Thanks for the link starlightmica that list really bring this into perspective. How can you axe key personnel before you have truely finished development on a huge project like this, talk about dooming it to fail.

RF – So I guess they will be pushing back their delivery date yet again. To never possibly.

By: Ralph SS

Ralph SS — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:33:42 +0000

All this because of transmission problems. Go figure. Well, at least they have the new technology to sell.

By: starlightmica (Richard Chen)

starlightmica (Richard Chen) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 18:09:18 +0000

Or, partial birth…eh, nevermind.

By: Paul Niedermeyer

Paul Niedermeyer — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:34:39 +0000

Maybe the series needs to be changed to “Tesla Stillbirth Watch”.

By: confused1096

confused1096 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:18:49 +0000

Will the folks that put down payments on these things be able to get their money back?

By: Orian

Orian — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:38:34 +0000

I worked for a start up company a number of years ago – this is exactly what happened with them when several of their customers (major telecoms during the bust) went bankrupt and money started drying up…needless to say you can bet more lay offs are coming and one of two things is going to happen – they are going to be bought out by another company or are going completely bust.

The start up I worked for was later bought out and survives today, but with about 1/4 of the workforce it had when I was there.

Looking at the recent pow-wow the current leader had with GM I would almost bet that they canned a lot of people in preparation to be purchased by GM to help with the Volt project.

By: crackers

crackers — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:33:13 +0000

Another possible explanation is that investors have had it with the broken promises and missed deadlines. In most industries it is common for senior executives and managers who consistently miss their targets to get the boot (unless you work for the 2.8). The current head of Tesla comes from just such an industry.

By: lewissalem

lewissalem — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:53:25 +0000

Thanks for the link starlightmica.

This just gets better every day. Of course, not a peep from the mainstream press. When Chrysler lays people off, people are all over it (NPR, NYT, CNN, etc).

Goes to show you, all you have to do is make a bunch of crazy promises.

By: starlightmica (Richard Chen)

starlightmica (Richard Chen) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:11:12 +0000

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By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:49:04 +0000

This was a smart move for Tesla. You don’t need managers and employees who know about all the development work that went into the roadster when you are planning to shut that project down and sell off the scraps.