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Tesla Reality Check?

I'm sure this is fake news because Facebook says Zero Hedge is fake news, but....

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019...-lies-police-meth-cocaine-and-sex-gigafactory

In a surprise reversal, the Gigafactory's head of security at the time, Sean Gouthro, has now also turned into a whistleblower. He claims that Tesla security "behaved unethically in its zeal to nail" Tripp. Among other things, he claims that Tesla investigators hacked into Tripp's phone, had him followed and misled police. Further, Gouthro says that Tripp didn't sabotage Tesla or hack anything and that Elon Musk knew all of this, but still tried to damage his reputation.

Gouthro, who wasn’t in the interrogation room, says at one point he saw a colleague reading the text messages and emails that Tripp was sending during breaks in the questioning. He says that somehow Tesla was able to access Tripp’s communications in real time.

The accusation here is pretty huge. They were "interrogating" him and they would take a break, but while on break they would be watching every message he sent to people, talking about his current situation and interrogation.

Bloomberg original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...d-to-destroy-tesla-whistleblower-martin-tripp
 
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I'm sure this is fake news because Facebook says Zero Hedge is fake news, but....

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019...-lies-police-meth-cocaine-and-sex-gigafactory





The accusation here is pretty huge. They were "interrogating" him and they would take a break, but while on break they would be watching every message he sent to people, talking about his current situation and interrogation.

Bloomberg original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/feat...d-to-destroy-tesla-whistleblower-martin-tripp
Yeah... just like this. I'm sure Silicon Alley is reporting it...

YouTube Finally Shuts Down Soft-Core Channel Months After Creator Arrested For Pedophilia | Zero Hedge
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019...re-pedo-channel-months-after-creator-arrested
 
I'll play the devil's advocate here - most of the reduction in production is from the drop in Model S/X sales. The Model S is a little long in the tooth; most of the buyers in that segment are holding out for the interior refresh to match the 3. They haven't disclosed the Model 3 orders they have in the US/globally but I imagine they're pretty strong. I see the Model 3 everywhere - and I want one. Just can't afford it!
 
https://jalopnik.com/the-tesla-model-3-is-already-taking-a-hit-1833804470

Elon - 'whoopsie'!

Ghosn is getting severely screwed in the name of Japanese nationalism - it was definitely a coup. He was scheduled to be intereviewed by Maria Bartiromo from Fox Business at 10P when the Japanese Ghestapo showed up and hauled him off minutes before the interview. Bartiromo speculated that the japanese have Ghosn's wife's phone tapped as that was her manner of contact as his phone is government issued...Japan is looking like a mini China in this mess...

I think the batoning of hatches is accelerating worldwide...
 
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Tesla again On The Brink...

"The signs are everywhere, from the lack of demand, desperate price cutting, layoffs, closing-and-then-not-closing stores, closing service centers, cutting capex, rushed product announcements and a new effort to distract investors from the demand problem with hyperbole over (Tesla’s) autonomous driving capabilities...”
 
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