This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Three Tesla workers say they’ve been fired after opting to stay home from the Fremont, Calif., factory rather than potentially exposed to the coronavirus.The company, which in May in defiance of county orders at CEO Elon Musk’s direction, told workers they could remain home if they had reservations about working during a pandemic. If “you feel uncomfortable coming back to work at this time, please do not feel obligated to do so,” Musk told workers in an email as he reopened the production...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Three Tesla workers say they’ve been fired after opting to stay home from the Fremont, Calif., factory rather than potentially exposed to the coronavirus.The company, which in May in defiance of county orders at CEO Elon Musk’s direction, told workers they could remain home if they had reservations about working during a pandemic. If “you feel uncomfortable coming back to work at this time, please do not feel obligated to do so,” Musk told workers in an email as he reopened the production...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — When he defiantly the company’s plant in Fremont, Calif., against county orders last month, Elon Musk promised Tesla employees they could stay home if they felt uneasy. They would not be penalized, he said.If “you feel uncomfortable coming back to work at this time, please do not feel obligated to do so,” he wrote in an email sent to the company’s in early May that was viewed by The Washington Post.Nonetheless, two Tesla workers say they received termination notices alleging a “failure to return to work”...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — When he defiantly the company’s plant in Fremont, Calif., against county orders last month, Elon Musk promised Tesla employees they could stay home if they felt uneasy. They would not be penalized, he said.If “you feel uncomfortable coming back to work at this time, please do not feel obligated to do so,” he wrote in an email sent to the company’s in early May that was viewed by The Washington Post.Nonetheless, two Tesla workers say they received termination notices alleging a “failure to return to work”...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateEmboldened by billionaire Elon Musk, a cadre of wealthy tech investors and venture capitalists is pushing for an end to shelter-in-place orders, arguing the harm of the quarantines outweighs the benefits and even equating the measures to forced detention.Musk railed against the widespread shelter-in-place orders on his electric car company Tesla's earnings call Wednesday, using harsh language and profanities to describe orders he characterized as "fascist" and as "forcibly imprisoning" people in their homes.By Thursday, Musk was...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateEmboldened by billionaire Elon Musk, a cadre of wealthy tech investors and venture capitalists is pushing for an end to shelter-in-place orders, arguing the harm of the quarantines outweighs the benefits and even equating the measures to forced detention.Musk railed against the widespread shelter-in-place orders on his electric car company Tesla's earnings call Wednesday, using harsh language and profanities to describe orders he characterized as "fascist" and as "forcibly imprisoning" people in their homes.By Thursday, Musk was...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — A expected as soon as Wednesday could determine whether Uber and Lyft shut down across California later this week.The companies are threatening that they will be forced to shut down after a court in San Francisco last week ruled that drivers for their apps are employees, not independent contractors, under state law. The decision to make their drivers employees. But the companies must retool their apps to support the employment model, corporate officials said, and cannot meet that deadline.A California...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — A expected as soon as Wednesday could determine whether Uber and Lyft shut down across California later this week.The companies are threatening that they will be forced to shut down after a court in San Francisco last week ruled that drivers for their apps are employees, not independent contractors, under state law. The decision to make their drivers employees. But the companies must retool their apps to support the employment model, corporate officials said, and cannot meet that deadline.A California...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Tesla workers in California tested positive last month for the novel coronavirus following chief executive Elon Musk’s of the company’s main production facility in Fremont, according to employees with knowledge of the situation.Two workers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fear of retaliation, told The Washington Post that supervisors held meetings with their teams to disclose the company had reported several cases of the coronavirus, and the employees affected were told to stay home. One...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Tesla workers in California tested positive last month for the novel coronavirus following chief executive Elon Musk’s of the company’s main production facility in Fremont, according to employees with knowledge of the situation.Two workers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fear of retaliation, told The Washington Post that supervisors held meetings with their teams to disclose the company had reported several cases of the coronavirus, and the employees affected were told to stay home. One...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTesla on Saturday filed a lawsuit against the California county that has from producing vehicles during the outbreak.The company alleged in its suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, that Alameda County had violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and sought an injunction that would allow the company to operate. Its Fremont manufacturing plant is located in that county.The suit followed chief executive Elon Musk threatening in a series of...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTesla on Saturday filed a lawsuit against the California county that has from producing vehicles during the outbreak.The company alleged in its suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, that Alameda County had violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and sought an injunction that would allow the company to operate. Its Fremont manufacturing plant is located in that county.The suit followed chief executive Elon Musk threatening in a series of...WW…

This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Tesla executives on Monday claimed a driver was behind the wheel at the time of a fatal crash that killed two in suburban Houston this month, contradicting local authorities who have previously said they were certain no one was in that seat.Tesla made the statement on its earnings call Monday, building on a previous tweet from chief executive Elon Musk that data “so far” showed that the vehicle’s Autopilot driver-assistance system was not enabled at the time of the crash. Lars Moravy, the company’s vice...…This article was published more than 1 year agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Tesla executives on Monday claimed a driver was behind the wheel at the time of a fatal crash that killed two in suburban Houston this month, contradicting local authorities who have previously said they were certain no one was in that seat.Tesla made the statement on its earnings call Monday, building on a previous tweet from chief executive Elon Musk that data “so far” showed that the vehicle’s Autopilot driver-assistance system was not enabled at the time of the crash. Lars Moravy, the company’s vice...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Tesla’s Bay Area production plant recorded hundreds of covid-19 cases following CEO Elon Musk’s defiant reopening of the plant in May, according to county-level data obtained by a legal transparency website.The document, obtained by the website PlainSite following a court ruling this year, showed Tesla received around 10 reports of covid-19 in May when the plant reopened, and saw a steady rise in cases all the way up to 125 in December, as the disease caused by the novel coronavirus peaked around the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Tesla’s Bay Area production plant recorded hundreds of covid-19 cases following CEO Elon Musk’s defiant reopening of the plant in May, according to county-level data obtained by a legal transparency website.The document, obtained by the website PlainSite following a court ruling this year, showed Tesla received around 10 reports of covid-19 in May when the plant reopened, and saw a steady rise in cases all the way up to 125 in December, as the disease caused by the novel coronavirus peaked around the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareElon Musk threw a surprising bone to Reddit GameStop investors early Monday, grilling Robinhood’s CEO on precisely why the trading app had halted buying for GameStop just as the stock was rising meteorically.“Do you want to hear the real story from Vlad [from] Robinhood about what happened on the Street with GameStop?” Musk asked on Clubhouse, an exclusive audio app that has become popular with an elite set of Silicon Valley-ites.He asked the moderators to turn on audio for Robinhood chief executive Vladimir Tenev, who...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareElon Musk threw a surprising bone to Reddit GameStop investors early Monday, grilling Robinhood’s CEO on precisely why the trading app had halted buying for GameStop just as the stock was rising meteorically.“Do you want to hear the real story from Vlad [from] Robinhood about what happened on the Street with GameStop?” Musk asked on Clubhouse, an exclusive audio app that has become popular with an elite set of Silicon Valley-ites.He asked the moderators to turn on audio for Robinhood chief executive Vladimir Tenev, who...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Uber and Lyft will continue operating in California after an appeals court issued a stay on an order that would have prompted the ride-hailing companies to shut down.Uber and Lyft had said they would suspend their ride-hailing service in the state beginning Friday unless a California Superior Court decision requiring them to give drivers full employment was delayed while they appeal. The appeals court issued the stay Thursday.The companies were initially given 10 days to make their drivers employees after...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareSAN FRANCISCO — Uber and Lyft will continue operating in California after an appeals court issued a stay on an order that would have prompted the ride-hailing companies to shut down.Uber and Lyft had said they would suspend their ride-hailing service in the state beginning Friday unless a California Superior Court decision requiring them to give drivers full employment was delayed while they appeal. The appeals court issued the stay Thursday.The companies were initially given 10 days to make their drivers employees after...WW…