Comments on: Tesla Death Watch 35: Musk Outs Zhou

By: tesla deathwatcher

tesla deathwatcher — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:03:46 +0000

Did you see that Tesla lost its trade secrets arbitration case with Fisker? Arbitrator said Tesla’s case had no grounds and was brought in bad faith.

By: SexCpotatoes

SexCpotatoes — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:14:41 +0000

The people who put down deposits on these cars deserve to have some warning/updates on the company’s situation, other than the party line. If it looks like the company is going to go under, I’d greatly appreciate some warning, etc if I were in that situation. But I think this ‘apology’ letter is pure b.s. It’s more an outing of the source in an attempt to tarnish his reputation, “Hey everybody, you don’t want this guy on your team, or working for your company because he’s somewhat honest, and leaks all over the place, better not try to mislead, I mean cover up, I mean lie to investors on his watch.”

By: fallout11

fallout11 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:57:34 +0000

What’s scary is that Principal Thermal Engineer Peng Zhou probably knows significanly more about the state and status of Tesla’s cars than CEO Musk-ox does. I.e. this boat isn’t going to float, certainly not on the feeble $9 million remaining.

By: chris724

chris724 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:20:18 +0000

It looks like this Musk guy micromanaged them into the poorhouse. What a jerk.

By: lewissalem

lewissalem — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:59:04 +0000

Ok, wait a minute. Tesla “may not deliver cars?” Hold on, I can’t believe it. This is unbelievable. I though that this car is changing the world? Wow. Who woulda thunk?

By: Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:19:23 +0000

I agree with Cicero.

This letter sounds like it was written at the Hanoi Hilton, gun to head, pliers on toes, wires on testicles.

There must be more to this insane story.

What’s the sense of signing (I’m not saying writing) that stupid piece of coerced apology if you get shitcanned anyway?

I know what I would do. But I’m not telling ….

@TinChicken: You are misreading Farago and dan8001rpm. Tongue-in-cheek sometimes makes words harder to understand. Everybody is on Peng’s side. We love you, Peng! Come back to China! BYD beckons.

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:06:26 +0000

This letter doesn’t pass the common sense test. It doesn’t stink, but it certainly smells.

By: ihatetrees

ihatetrees — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 04:30:35 +0000

Wow.

The tone of Peng’s letter is reminiscent of politburo confession. Do you think Musk handed him a pistol with a round in the chamber along with the pen?

By: TinChicken

TinChicken — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:45:14 +0000

Peng is a decent human being. Apparently Farago and dan8001rpm like to wallow in other people’s misery. Pitiful.

By: Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:25:45 +0000

carmaker? Not if they just make excuses.

By: Samir

Samir — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:25:42 +0000

I know Tesla is private, but if the straits are as dire as Peng claims, doesn’t Scheming Elon owe some disclosure to his investors?

By: Cicero

Cicero — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:25:35 +0000

I have a hard time believing that the apology was voluntary. It’s got too much Tesla promotional BS in it, and my experience as an employment law litigator tells me that employees who get canned will avoid any kind of mea culpa in order to preserve their rights and avoid an admission of liability.

That Tesla is one strange company. Wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole, as customer, shareholder or employee.

By: dan8001rpm

dan8001rpm — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:22:49 +0000

My god this half sounds like a suicide note.. Peng or Tesla, you decide…

By: orenwolf

orenwolf — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:54:15 +0000

There’s no “outing” here. The letter is addressed to the employees. Unless Mr. Musk leaked it to outsiders *himself*, then he’s done nothing worthy of your ire in this case.