Former Tesla Engineer Says Musk Threatened To Deport Her Team For Pointing Out Mats Interfered With Brakes

Electrek reports:

Former Tesla engineer Cristina Balan, who was fired in 2014, said in an interview that her entire team was threatened with deportation for taking her side when she brought up a brake safety issue directly to Elon Musk. She’s now succeeded in throwing out Tesla’s arbitration case against her, and hopes to meet Tesla directly in open court in a case that could influence corporate policy nationwide.

Cristina Balan’s contributions were significant enough that her initials appeared on the Model S’ battery pack. She thought that the Model S’ floor mats could cause a brake safety issue. Balan said she was offered a meeting with Musk, but that when she showed up to the meeting, it was instead attended by a lawyer and some large men in uniforms, and with Tesla forcing her to resign.

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