Comments on: Tesla Death Watch 23: Tesla In Trouble. Or Not.

By: orenwolf

orenwolf — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:32:39 +0000

Fucking Valleywag.

By: JEC

JEC — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:38:06 +0000

Whoop dee doo, I haven’t been impressed by this car since day one. If they do tank I’ll enjoy the evil smug sense of self satisfaction I get whenever some overly ambitious green campaign goes teats up.

Yes, I’m a bad, bad man.

By: Bunter1

Bunter1 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:42:51 +0000

Autoblog says that Drori is moving to vicechairman and Musk is picking up CEO.
Some layoffs seem to be confirmed.

Auntie Em, Auntie Em…not Tesla too?

Economics will get you my pretty and your little electric car too!

Bunter

By: Paul Niedermeyer

Paul Niedermeyer — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:15:30 +0000

Jalopnik is running an update that “restructuring” has been confirmed by Tesla, due to a “difficult nine months”. But Tesla says the numbers of layoffs reported is “exaggerated”.

By: yankinwaoz

yankinwaoz — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:48:15 +0000

I meant to post this comment back when you had the "60 Minutes" interview with Telsa's Chairman Elon Musk that compared a silicon valley car company to old Detroit car company. Remember how creepy Elon Musk seemed in that interview? It struck me that I've seen him before. Then I remembered where! He is really Aleksey Vayner, the guy who has the distinction of having the worst video resume ever. Did you ever see it? "Impossible Is Nothing", where he claims to be a super achiever in everything he does. Watch the resume, then watch the interview, and tell me that isn't the same guy. So... has anyone ever seen Elon and Aleksey in the same room together? :-)

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:39:29 +0000

It would be odd, seeing as how Tesla’s been on a bit of a hiring and spending spree lately. Also theres no telling how much an IPO could ~~dump into Elon’s bank account~~ raise for Tesla’s next project from the patient, dilligent, and thorough researchers on Wall st. A mass firing might tip them off that something was amiss.

By: Redbarchetta

Redbarchetta — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:41:13 +0000

Why would Tesla lay off half it’s staff and toss teh CEO to the curb right now? They haven’t even caught up with the initial deposits and probably wont for a year or so at the rate they are building them. Did people cancel their existing orders because of the economy?

The only thing I could think is the credit and banking crisis killed money they were dependent on to stay alive. In that case Tesla would be no more and I think that would be pretty big news the way the media swoons over them. Maybe it’s true I never though Tesla was going to survive. Good riddence, I already have to deal with people thinking my sons middle name was because of this stupid car company.