HISTORICAL FACTS: 6 - Caught on Camera

Tesla: White workers tormented Black war-blast victim with rocket-warning sounds, suit claims

A Black former quality manager for electric car maker Tesla — who says he previously worked as a military contractor and was traumatized after serious blast injuries in Afghanistan — is claiming in a lawsuit that White co-workers tormented him with ringtones set to sound like incoming-rocket warnings, among other…

Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2022

Tesla's Morgan Stanley Fremont Factory Tour Reveals Need For Expansion

Morgan Stanley's Adam Jonas says the Fremont factory is operating at 50% above its intended capacity. It's out of space, which is complicating other issues.

InsideEVs · Mar 17, 2022

Raw Material Shortages May Not Be Hurting Tesla Right Now, But This Other Shortfall Might

Following a tour of Tesla Inc's (NASDAQ: TSLA) Fremont factory, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas came away confident of the company's ability to emerge unscathed from the Ukraine crisis-induced raw materials shortages.

Benzinga · Mar 16, 2022

Tesla Cybertruck Prototypes Reveal Size, Covered Vault

A few Tesla Cybertruck prototypes were spotted at the company's Fremont factory. The trucks are on the track, and also parked side-by-side with other Tesla EVs.

InsideEVs · Mar 1, 2022

New Tesla Cybertruck Prototype Spotted: What You Need To Know

A new prototype of Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) hotly-anticipated Cybertruck electric vehicle has been spotted at the Elon Musk-led company’s Fremont factory in California, auto news website Electrek

Benzinga · Mar 1, 2022

After years of pollution violations, Tesla is fined $275,000 by the EPA

After years of "high priority violations" of air pollution regulations at its Fremont assembly plant, Tesla has been penalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2022

Black workers accused Tesla of racism for years. Now California is stepping in

The company has been hit with several discrimination lawsuits but this from a government agency may have wider implications

The Guardian - US · Feb 19, 2022

Former Tesla workers describe overt racism at company's Fremont factory

Tesla is, of course, denying any culpability after a damning lawsuit that includes stories from 50 former employees.

Input · Feb 11, 2022

Tesla factory accused of racism

An area of the Tesla plant staffed primarily by Black workers allegedly referred to as “porch monkey station”

Salon · Feb 10, 2022

Noose drawing, lynching reference left up for months at Tesla’s Fremont factory, civil-rights lawsuit claims

Black workers at Tesla’s Fremont factory were paid less than white workers, denied advancements, and faced daily racist abuse, including a noose drawn in a bathroom next to a reference to lynching and a racial slur, a lawsuit by California’s civil-rights regulator claims.

Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2022