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Tesla Whistleblower releases VINs with alleged punctured battery cells - Who's got a 3 on the list?
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"I am deranged, because of Tesla !"
So i am going to lie more and do more stupid things, but don't blame me for that. Blame Tesla.
So i am going to lie more and do more stupid things, but don't blame me for that. Blame Tesla.
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Tesla Derangement Syndrome.
They should really be testing for it in their interviews.
morrisdl
Member
A couple people on the VIN list over here worrying:
Ex-Tesla Engineer (& said whistle-blower) Mark Tripp posts damaged VINs and Source on his Twitter Page : teslamotors
Mission accomplished, I guess :Þ He literally could have pulled random VINs out of a hat. Heck, why even stop at that many? Why not one in 5? Or one in 3? He set his bar too low.
Ex-Tesla Engineer (& said whistle-blower) Mark Tripp posts damaged VINs and Source on his Twitter Page : teslamotors
Mission accomplished, I guess :Þ He literally could have pulled random VINs out of a hat. Heck, why even stop at that many? Why not one in 5? Or one in 3? He set his bar too low.
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
yes, but there is a logical point where we would know he was completely full of it. My car was produced July 17th, after he was out the door. If my VIN had been listed, I would know he was lying, because he wasn't even there. He had to at least use VINs issued while he was an employee.
Krugerrand
Meow
So the owner of one of them, of which Tesla has already told him his car is fine, has agreed to do a Business Insider interview?! Guess he wants his 15 mins of fame. People suck.
Runebane
Member
The part I loved was how they said BI somehow got wind of it, like BI had a tap on their phone or something.
Unfortunately I won the lottery on this one ... I'm ON the list 
No battery issues so far. Even if my pack was reworked I'm confident Tesla would have performed the same quality control on it. I'm going to call Tesla tomorrow ... will keep you posted.
No battery issues so far. Even if my pack was reworked I'm confident Tesla would have performed the same quality control on it. I'm going to call Tesla tomorrow ... will keep you posted.
Unfortunately I won the lottery on this one ... I'm ON the list
Look forward to the update but I really expext nothing other than the official line.
You’ve got 8 years to develop a major probllem.
Vehicle Warranty | Model 3
If I had a listed VIN and assuming I had the slightest doubt I’d drive the car as much as I can to make sure I hit the mileage limit before the time.
It’s really easier for Tesla NOT to screw up cars on purpose.
Make it nice or make it twice.
wbhokie
Member
It seems you are being level headed about it, but I still wouldn't give it the slightest bit of credibility. It's like posting a picture of a black car, and then posting a picture of a table in a tesla building with a black sharpie sitting on it, and stating that tesla uses sharpies for all of their black touch up work. None of those lists or pictures even come close to proving (or even showing) anything he is ranting about. It's the media tactic of the month...err... decade. People believe anything you say about a picture on the internet and it doesn't matter if you disprove it later. Look at how often you see flat earth comments come up (and not as a joke) every time SpaceX makes a launch.
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
Unfortunately I won the lottery on this one ... I'm ON the list
I would ask them to run a diagnostic on the pack and allow you to sit in on it. If that isn't enough to set your mind at ease, I would ask them to access the pack and show you the connections and the cells, to show you it hasn't been "reworked" as Tripp claimed.
Well Tesla did accuse him of installing logging software. It's possible he's still getting notifications of things even though he's no longer there!
"Showing the pack" is easier said than done. Martin deliberately picked something that would be difficult for Tesla to disprove in his FUD.
I'm waiting for Martin to get sued for lowering peoples' resale values.
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
Yes and no. Like I said in another post, put a "naked pack" on a table, fresh off the line, and an "affected" car next to it. Test both. Sure, visually it may be somewhat cumbersome, but if these packs are as affected as he claims, they would definitely show faults on any benchmark testing.
But, also as we've concluded (at least for the time being)....none of these packs have shown any issues in the field, that we know of.....and trust me....someone would have made a story out of failing battery packs by now.
ModelNforNerd
Active Member
*I* don't expect them to find anything, TBH. IF my car was on "the list", I'd just ask for a diagnostics check, and I'd make sure the car's service record was flagged as "one of those" in case anything ever went wrong. And as far as we know, Tesla may have already flagged all of those cars and may reach out to the owners.
