Is there a defect in the Tesla battery?

"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 scandal 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 a 'outrageous' thief or a whistleblower, is Tesla a cover-up or a defense, and who's lying? For a time the case was caught up in rashomon, the dispute has not yet been resolved.

In a reversal of the "ghost" case, tripp filed a complaint with the securities and exchange commission, hoping to investigate Tesla's misconduct and immediately stop making 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 model-3's weekly output to investors by up to 44%; Downplaying the safety implications of vehicle specifications, such as the risk of fires if batteries are placed too close together; Systematic reuse of parts and components that have been deemed to be scrapped, regardless of their safety, etc.

Today, terry used social media 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 about flaws in Tesla's car design, in addition to defective parts, opaque relationships with suppliers and wasteful practices, and that her and her team's efforts to fix defective parts in Tesla cars were thwarted by management.

Because of this incident, ballan was fired by Tesla. Later, ballan sued Tesla for discrimination, retaliation and other problems. Balan said Tesla continued to vilify her and wanted her to remain silent during the arbitration.

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, there has never been any battery safety problem 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 been caught up in product safety crises due to the negative publicity generated by the accidents.

Tesla, which is known to use Panasonic batteries, has been criticized for being too aggressive with its technology. Even though Tesla has the world's best battery safety management system, it's hard to be sure there won't be a problem.

In an effort to improve battery safety, Tesla recently filed a new patent that prevents defective batteries from negatively impacting functioning ones by isolating them.

Tesla, which has struggled with safety for years, surely understands what battery safety means for electric car companies. Admittedly, Tesla has also invested heavily in technology to keep its batteries safe.

But tripp's Revelations about Tesla's battery safety are hardly groundless. In both cases, former employees have accused Tesla of acting too big for its own good. Tripp's coincidence with baran's indictment is at least evidence of serious management problems at Tesla.

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