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10-19-2008, 11:16 AM
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#61 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | From the Tesla Motors twitter feed: Twitter / TeslaMotors: The Jalopnik articles rela ... Quote: |
The Jalopnik articles related to last week's layoff at Tesla aren't very accurate (surprise!) We'll talk more about it this week.
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10-19-2008, 08:11 PM
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#62 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 109 | I just posted this on Jalopnik:
Andrew,
The whole thing about a bulletin board with names is completely fabricated. I think you were duped by your "source." There was no bulletin board with names of those laid off. It just didn't happen.
It is true, unfortunately, that the blog post outlining the strategic rationale for the cuts the company was taking mentioned that the RH office would eventually be closing down (it was not closed down Friday contrary to reports, nor were 90% of people laid off). This should have been told to the folks at RH in person before it was on a blog. That was a mistake, but by no means was anyone "laid off by blog." Every person who was impacted met with their manager to receive the news on Friday.
Darryl (from Tesla)
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10-19-2008, 08:47 PM
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#63 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | Siry is back! Yay! | |
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10-19-2008, 11:05 PM
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#64 | | Waiting for P121
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oslo, Norway Posts: 759 | Yes, definately good that Darryl is posting here again!
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10-20-2008, 12:31 AM
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#65 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 620 | Nice to see you back Darryl, it helps to have someone clarify the situation with these kind of stories, as I have seen them not only at Jalopnik but also in some gadget blogs.
For example: Electric Car: Tesla Lays off 90% of Detroit Staff in Douchey Way Tesla CEO: "Extraordinary times require focus"
Anyways, we are rooting for Tesla to pull through and hope to see Model S soon.
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10-20-2008, 01:10 AM
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#66 | | Tesla Fan
Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,884 | Quote:
Originally Posted by stopcrazypp  Anyways, we are rooting for Tesla to pull through and hope to see Model S soon. | Yes we are! | |
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10-20-2008, 09:02 AM
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#67 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | The Truth About Cars are of course running with the Jalopnik version of the story: Tesla Death Watch 26: Death By Blog | The Truth About Cars
But Jalopnik does now have an "Update" at the top of the article: Quote: |
UPDATE: Tesla notifies Detroit workers already-in-the-know they were laid off two days ago...today!
| But their one-sentence "Update" doesn't really serve as much of a retraction. | |
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10-20-2008, 08:38 PM
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#68 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago Area, Northwest Burbs Posts: 342 | Welcome back, Darryl. The media sure isn't much for checking their facts anymore, are they? Nice to hear some of the real story from an official source.
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10-21-2008, 01:13 PM
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#69 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: concord, ca Posts: 139 | Daryl
It certainly is good to hear from you again. | |
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10-21-2008, 06:46 PM
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#70 | | Super Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Aptos, California Posts: 1,551 | Tesla CEO Details Delaying Raising Funds and the Model S Earth2Tech Quote:
Musk did give a few more details about what happened over the weeks prior to his recent decision. To move into working on the Model S, Musk says Tesla would have had to raise $100 million. Just 4 to 6 weeks before Musk’s decision, Tesla was in the process of actively fundraising and was talking to several investment entities. Then the market went into a freefall, says Musk, and the investors the company was talking to kept pushing back investment terms. Tesla could have done a deal — it would have just been under horrible terms, Musk says.
Now, Tesla is waiting for a loan guarantee to come from the Department of Energy, which is contingent on Tesla completing an environmental impact assessment (EIA) of its plant in San Jose. Tesla hopes to finish the EIA by second quarter 2009, which would delay the next-gen Model S by about six months, Musk estimates. As anyone who has been involved in these types of assessments knows, EIAs can take a very long time, and Musk by his own admission tends to be optimistic about dates and deliveries. But he says he has always delivered in the end.
Delaying the Model S and cutting staff means Tesla is focusing on its current technology, the Roadster, and on becoming cash positive. One technology Musk says the company is working on is a charger that can charge a battery in 45 minutes. That is one way the company can help overcome the “range issue” (current battery technology can only go so far on a single charge) for electric vehicles. Other ways to attack the range shortfall will be a swappable battery and building an extended-range vehicle that can travel 300 miles on a single charge.
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