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The Tesla Files: Investigative journalist pens expose on the company's inner workings

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Sun, 21 Sept 2025, 1:52pm

The Tesla Files: Investigative journalist pens expose on the company's inner workings

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 21 Sept 2025, 1:52pm

Back in 2022, investigative reporter Sönke Iwersen received 100 gigabytes of confidential leaked data from a whistle-blower inside Tesla. 

The files detailed dangerous autopilot software errors, a high number of workplace accidents in Tesla’s factories and a culture of fear within the company. 

Iwersen's investigation is now a book called The Tesla Files: Inside Elon Musk's Empire of Power and Deception.

"We found, actually, that there had been warnings inside Tesla about this mistake, the level of insecurity - and later, the guy who had warned us about it was later fired for it." 

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