One of the most controversial companies on Wall Street isTesla. The electric-car maker and its CEO, Musk, can't seem to avoid controversy. The company has faced a lot of questions about its business, from Musk's comments on social media to concerns about a toxic culture at its California factory. Its stock price has been volatile in the past. In the last few years, there have been a number of controversies faced byTesla. Do you have any experience working for the company? Do you have a tale to tell? The reporter can be reached at tlevin@ Insider.com or tlevin@protonmail.com. Several people have been killed while using the autopilot system. Questions have been raised about the capabilities of the feature after the fatal accidents. When switched on, autopilot keeps a car centered in its lane and keeps distance from the car in front. Drivers need to keep their hands on the steering wheel and pay attention, but the system can be abused. There are more advanced versions of the software that can navigate highways. According to the NHTSA, there have been incidents in which cars using autopilot crashed into stopped cars. Vehicles with autopilot are less likely to have accidents than the average vehicle. The data should be taken with a pinch of salt. The prototype version of the Full Self-Driving software was released in October of 2020. More than 100,000 people have the software. Safety advocates argue that unleashing the experimental technology poses an unreasonable risk to other drivers. "They're using consumers, bystanders, other passengers, pedestrians, and bicyclists as lab rats for an experiment for which none of these people signed up." Dozens of video clips of the system driving dangerously or unpredictably have popped up online since the Full Self-DrivingBeta went out. It forced drivers into oncoming traffic and had close calls with pedestrians. Concerns about workplace safety are not unique to the auto industry and have been raised by injury statistics and reports from media. According to a report filed with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workers at the plant spent twice as many days away from work due to work-related injuries and illnesses as they did in the previous year. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, OSHA gave more citations to Musk's company for vehicle manufacturing than it did to other companies. According to reports published in 2018,Tesla failed to give injured employees proper medical care, avoided using safety markings, and mis reported workplace injuries. The company has denied that it has mis reported workplace injuries. In the last five years, more than 40 lawsuits have been filed by current and former employees accusing the company of fostering racism, sexism, and sexual harassment. Human resources failed to address worker concerns about slurs and harassment, as detailed in the lawsuits. Insider was told by experts that the number of lawsuits should be a cause of concern for the company. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a lawsuit against the company in February, accusing it of discriminating against black workers and allowing racial harassment at its factory. The lawsuit was called unfair by the company in a post. The tip was filed by Martin Tripp, a former technician at the battery plant in Nevada. The claim has been denied byTesla. The company was wasting raw materials, according to Tripp. According to a law firm, two former security employees, Karl Hansen and Sean Gouthro, claimed that the theft of raw materials and unauthorized hacking of employee cellphones and computers at the Nevada factory were not disclosed to shareholders. A representative from the electric car company denied those claims. Some of the people who were fired for raising issues with management were also accused of being retaliated against. SolarCity was acquired byTesla for over $2 billion. Two of Musk's cousins, Peter and Lyndon Rive, were sued by a group of shareholders, who argued that Musk's decision to bail them out was a financial mistake. SolarCity's board of directors was chaired by Musk before he sold the company toTesla. Musk won the case. There has been a lot of controversy around the residential energy business. Musk blamed the complicated launch of the Model 3 sedan for the delayed installation of the Solar Roof product. The increases in the price of Solar Roofs caused lawsuits from customers who didn't know they were going up. Continue to read.
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