Siry Resigns

[Cobos]

COngrats on your new job, we've seen hints on something new coming but I'm glad you've found a new job. Especially considering this economy.

Cobos

 

[vfx]

Congrats on your new job,..... Especially considering this economy.

Go green jobs!

 

[dpeilow]

Greentech Media: Green Light Blog Archive Orthogonal Vectors

Darryl Siry Guest Blogger
Orthogonal Vectors
February 20, 2009 at 3:55 PM

When I decided to leave Tesla last October, I didn’t know what I was going to do next, and I had very little time to figure it out. I had committed to myself to make my exit as smooth as possible for the benefit of the company and there was a lot of work to be done, leaving no time for planning next steps.

 

[graham]

Talent drain causes auto industry concerns - PRWeek US

He says he left Tesla late last year for reasons unrelated to the economy, but he agrees that there are “a lot of opportunities for others to poach talent as the industry continues to struggle.”

“As communicators, one of the nice things is we have a fairly transportable skill set,” he adds.

For the moment, the communications function for the auto industry is in “perpetual crisis communications,” Siry says, but they will have to learn to adapt.

 

[dpeilow]

Peppercom role is tailor-made for Siry's strategy - PRWeek US

 

[graham]

Interesting...

From dpeilow's link:

He ultimately parted ways with the company when the board opted to take deposits on the Model S sedans before having secured the funding to assemble the cars.

“It wasn't a whistle-blower situation just because there was a disagreement,” Siry notes. “Tesla has been forthright about what [it's] doing.”

 

[AnOutsider]

lol that was the reason? That's hardly a reason to leave the company alone, there has to be more. It's not like Tesla did anything underhanded -- heck the raising of Roadster prices is more questionable than how open Tesla has been about the Model S reservations and the stipulations that go along with it.

 

[graham]

heck the raising of Roadster prices is more questionable than how open Tesla has been about the Model S reservations

The decision to raise Roadster prices probably happened after he left.

 

[AnOutsider]

My point is, the quoted reason for his departure is hardly a reason (IMO of course). It would seem there would have to have been more.

Also, did anyone leave over the raising of the Roadster prices?

 

[Picasso]

I think

I think that is how Darryl justifys why he no longer works at Tesla. But I have seen some other storys about a lawsuit over he said she said bs.

 

[siry]

@Picasso the lawsuits had nothing to do with it. That was just a false story leaked to valleywag, probably by an ex-employee who was angry about how things were handled in Jan 2008. For starters, the status of all those legal proceedings can be seen on the San Mateo Superior Court website. But the reason such a theory is so laughable is - do you think Elon Musk would really fire someone for making such statements in the press?

 

[Palpatine]

@Picasso the lawsuits had nothing to do with it. That was just a false story leaked to valleywag, probably by an ex-employee who was angry about how things were handled in Jan 2008. For starters, the status of all those legal proceedings can be seen on the San Mateo Superior Court website. But the reason such a theory is so laughable is - do you think Elon Musk would really fire someone for making such statements in the press?

Huh? What are you talking about Darryl?

Correction: I didn't read enough of the rest of the thread. I understand now.

 

[dpeilow]

Huh? What are you talking about Darryl?

The old post from "Picasso" (possibly on the previous page of the thread if you are on default settings):

I think that is how Darryl justifys why he no longer works at Tesla. But I have seen some other storys about a lawsuit over he said she said bs.

 

[dpeilow]

Darryl Siry moves to WIRED, calls for changes to electric vehicle tax credit — Autoblog Green

 

[siry]

The ABG header makes it sound like my full time job

I'm going to be doing a "weekly" column, which should run on Tuesdays. If anyone wants to suggest story ideas feel free to hit me up on twitter (@djsiry)

Darryl

 

[Serge]

Congrats, Darryl!

Would love to see cool new upcoming tech like http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/battery-discussion/2948-lithium-air-batteries.html or http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/energy-environment/3201-direct-methanol-fuel-cells.html covered.

 

[vfx]

Your thoughts on the public charging- cars- chicken- egg problem.

 

[siry]

@vfx - I'm actually working on something like that, but I'm not sure what it will evolve to.

 

[ESdude]

Darryl,

Another, more investigative idea: relationship between LI battery production capacity, rate of innovation, government involvement, major companies in play, etc.

For example: when couple of years back LI battery production was running at 100% capacity there were practically no battery improvements implemented due to companies had no reasons to innovate.