Is Tesla's battery flawed?

"The Tesla battery factory had a faulty manufacturing process and some of the damaged batteries were installed in the car, which musk ignored."

Tripp, a former Tesla engineer who was at the center of the Tesla "ghost" case two months ago, took to social media today to expose evidence of flawed manufacturing practices at the company's battery plant.

Rashomon: Tesla's feud with Tripp

In June, Tesla took Tripp to court for stealing company secrets. Tesla claimed that it had illegally penetrated the company's manufacturing operating system and transferred several GB of data, including "dozens of confidential photos and a video of Tesla 's production system" to a third party.

Tesla says Tripp making false statements to his theft of information, including claims that Tesla using a punctured in Model3 electric vehicle batteries, and Tesla in the production process of waste quantity issued false information, the data with error messages to the media, of Tesla 's business and profits.

Tripp, however, said he was just a revelation to the public the Tesla whistleblowers, he did not destroy the Tesla's internal system, is "simply query the relevant database", the purpose is to grasp the relevant evidence, to the media to expose the Tesla 1000 punctured and damaged Model3 battery module is used in the production line, and plant in Nevada is stored in the form of irregularities industrial waste, there is a huge potential safety hazard and other information.

Is Tripp an 'outrageous' thief or a whistleblower; is Tesla a cover-up or a defense, and who's lying? For a time, the case was involved in Luo shengmen, the dispute has not yet been resolved.

In a reversal of the "ghost" case, Tripp filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, hoping to investigate Tesla's misconduct and immediately stop the production of defective battery products. Tripp said Tesla had slandered him in an effort to quell his allegations of poor quality and serious waste.

Tripp's charges against Tesla include: fitting batteries with dangerous holes in some vehicles; Exaggerated the weekly output of Model3 to investors, at most 44%; Downplaying the safety implications of vehicle specifications, such as the risk of fires if batteries are placed too close together; Systematic reuse of car parts that have been deemed to have been scrapped, regardless of their safety, etc.

Terry took to social media today to publish evidence of faulty manufacturing processes at Tesla's battery factory, including internal emails, photographs and vehicle identification Numbers, which refer to specific vehicles with damaged batteries that should not be installed in them.

Banning employees from talking about quality?

Interestingly, Tesla also fired an employee who had a similar experience with Tripp.

Baran was a well-known Tesla engineer who worked on top secret projects for Tesla's senior management, even having his initials engraved on the ModelS battery.

She told company executives that Tesla 's car design was flawed, in addition to defective parts, opaque relationships with suppliers and excessive waste, and that her and her team's efforts to fix the defective parts were thwarted by management.

Because of this incident, Ballan was fired by Tesla. Later, Ballan sued Tesla for discrimination, retaliation and other problems. During the arbitration, Balan said, Tesla continued to vilify her and tried to silence her.

Like Baran, Tripp claims Tesla is trying to intimidate him into silence.

"Tesla is like this because it went from being an innovation company to a sales company," says Mr Baran. "The only thing they care about is how many cars they produce per week. Quality doesn't matter."

The conceited Tesla

In response to Tripp's Revelations, a Tesla spokesman said that no damaged batteries were used in the Model3, and that all vehicle identification Numbers used safe batteries. Meanwhile, in all Model3 vehicles, battery safety problems have never occurred so far.

In fact, news of Tesla's spontaneous combustion, collisions, fires and even explosions has been common over the years, and musk has repeatedly fallen into product safety crisis due to the negative news caused by numerous accidents.

Tesla, which is known to use Panasonic batteries, has been criticized for its aggressive technology approach. Although Tesla has the world's top battery safety management system, it is hard not to have problems.

To improve the safety of the battery, Tesla recently applied for a new patent to prevent defective cells from negatively impacting the functioning ones.

Tesla, which has struggled with safety for years, surely understands what battery safety means for electric car companies. There is no denying that Tesla also spares no effort to ensure battery safety in terms of technology.

But Tripp's Revelations about Tesla's battery safety are hardly groundless. In both cases, former employees complained, Tesla acted too big for its own good. Tripp's agreement with Baran's indictment is at least evidence of serious management problems at Tesla.

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