Tesla whistleblower says she wants an Elon Musk apology before she dies | BBC News

A Tesla whistleblower who has battled Elon Musk and his company through the courts for a decade tells BBC News she is still seeking a public apology.
Engineer Cristina Balan was once such a rising star at Tesla in the US that her initials were engraved on the batteries inside every Model S electric car.
But after raising a safety concern about a design flaw which could affect the cars’ braking in 2014, she claims management turned hostile, and she lost her job.
She won a wrongful dismissal case but was later publicly accused by Tesla of using its resources for a “secret project”.
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[@user-rc4qh3lp7h]

He did something similar with that poor man who helped rescue the kids in the Thailand cave incident. A deplorable human being.

[@markplott4820]

the Thai man was a Pedophile. it's proven in papers.

[@leoplaate1165]

Elon Musk is not able to be emphaticac, he is a cold vengeful person.....

[@arandomperson7811]

?

[@sebastianorye2702]

Sure. I wouldn't say he has no empathy, but he sure is different. Don't you think calling him cold and vengeful is wrong, especially since the suit isn't even done?

[@circleoflife3806]

😢 Best wishes for Cristina's health. Best wishes for the health of all good people.

[@niteshkumarpatel]

Greed has no limits

[@Wongseifu548]

Especially from those who try to manipulate the stock price with click bait

[@olzt100]

Facts!

[@DarrenJamiesonJamieson]

Toasted peas on crust is one of the worlds biggest thieves. His grandfather's life must have been worrh millions!

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

Yeah , she is greedy .

[@niteshkumarpatel]

@@AuralioCabal-nl8gi She is not. The company is. She just wants an apology.

[@TyTyMcGinty]

I’m sure Nikola Tesla would want the company to stop using his name if this is the way they treat their talent.

[@oldironguy]

Sadly this car co is ruining Nicola's great name. We hear the name Tesla and think of a shit car co Instead of a brilliant brilliant man who was worlds smarter than that fraud Einstein.

[@fareshajjar1208]

Why do you believe her story just because it's on BBC which lies about almost everything?

[@nemesiswes426]

@@oldironguy How exactly was Albert Einstein a fraud?

[@sebastianorye2702]

​@@oldironguy Lets clarify this statement of yours. It's not "we", it's you. Go outside of the typical western media, and he is loved and respected. Many still admire him within the west as well.

[@raquetdude]

Yeah this company sucks. His plan is to “save humanity” while himself and his firm spits and attacks his own employees that pointed out how to get rid of faults to help his mission… laughable really the board is corrupt af

[@Wongseifu548]

Dawn you take your job as a troll very seriously

[@wi2rd]

typical story of every 'evil' leader. they start wanting to save the world, then get lost in their own ego thinking they are god.

[@Sandy.7777]

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[@wds3222]

Let us know your achivements in life. Youre the CEO of how many companies ? 0? Oh so basically youre irrelevant LMAO

[@Akronkangaroo]

Sounds like a bond villain

[@bitcoinmillionaire28]

ELON MUSK SHOULD SAY SORRY.

[@repentmaster2842]

Thanks BBC news for exposing Tesla

[@NINJATH3ORY]

Lol, carpet curling is exposing Tesla bravo

[@vecernicek2]

Bravo, good sir! You are exactly right! It is necessary to 'expose' Tesla by any means available, since it's blasphemous CEO invokes contra-revolutionary values, such as free speech! Now, this has to be stopped! What a dissappointment to the masses and to the Party, he should have been a good comrade and focus only on solving climate change. Now his work has to be destroyed! Long live the cultural revolution in the USA!

[@blackmantis3130]

​@@NINJATH3ORYlol

[@livethegoodlife1740]

IsraHELL behind this news.

[@Dimera09]

Lol x 1,000,000,000,000

[@jaker3151]

It's not beyond Musk. We all know he has a massive ego.

[@Wongseifu548]

Nice troll account

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

​@@Wongseifu548 exactly why would you stick up for Elon who is talking a cancer patient to court ???

[@Wongseifu548]

@@NOT.MI5.MI6. because I hate when news outlets try to manipulate a stock price using a video like this

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

@@Wongseifu548 so your money motivated just like Elton makes sense 🙄

[@Wongseifu548]

@@NOT.MI5.MI6. So you can't see that the BBC does not care about this women they just using her for clicks....

[@espurr3496]

Elon always elects for the most childish response

[@Wongseifu548]

Nice try troll

[@sundog6820]

@@Wongseifu548 elon is that you

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

Remember the tax thing in US state lol he cryed like a baby 😂

[@leoplaate1165]

​@@Wongseifu548how much does he pay you.....? 😁🤭 Elon Musk is not able to be emphaticac, he is a cold vengeful person.....

[@gpunjabi4829]

Just like his orange buddy Trump 😅

[@Silvergum]

yeah I certainly wouldn't buy a tesla mad respect to all the whistle blowers out there we need to do a better job at protecting these people

[@Emtrax.]

A fly has more empathy than Elon.

[@arkamukhopadhyay9111]

Good. Empathy is meaningless corporate gobbledegook

[@django3422]

​@@arkamukhopadhyay9111 ... what do you think empathy means?

[@Dimera09]

Woah you got him good, smashing comment. Got eeeeim!

[@Emtrax.]

@@Dimera09 Do you have feelings for Elon because you seem to be defending him an awful lot lol

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

Elon Good PR take a cancer patient to court 🙄 for what point exactly

[@holeindanssock156]

Wait wait wait..... Did she get cancer BEFORE OR AFTER her lawsuit? Yall know what im getting at.....

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

@@holeindanssock156 Eltons team let's drag it out now she has cancer 😢

[@tigertiger1699]

Musk is a child

[@supremepc6298]

child? Surely you can think of something more appropriate..

[@tigertiger1699]

@@supremepc6298 As in?, personally.. I don’t think he acts as an adult…. That’s why I wrote it….

[@shaggydawg5419]

he is a narcissist.

[@supremepc6298]

@@tigertiger1699 i was going to say, say something A lot worse. Cant stand this a*******

[@arandomperson7811]

@@shaggydawg5419 not that too, "a mental health condition in which people have an unreasonably high sense of their own importance." This is not that case for elon because he doesn't have a unreasonably high sense of importance when he is literally the richest man in the world. If it was an average person acting like that maybe but when you are Elon it wouldn't be the case.

[@claudiamariebermudez6727]

Thanks for exposing Tesla!

[@Scapestoat]

I'm afraid Elon Musk will not have the decency to do anything decent. Good on you for standing up for what is right. ❤

[@LB-oj1kr]

Don’t buy Tesla!!

[@jisoopark1150]

I am gonna buy a Tesla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eoky]

Just bought 1!! No regrets 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💗

[@T1Oracle]

Tesla needs a new CEO. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded Tesla on their ideas and that resulted in the S, 3, X, and Y. Unfortunately, Elon took over, kicked them out, declared himself founder, claimed that the "master plan" was his, and now he's ruining the company. The start of the cracks is the CyberTruck. The CyberTruck is all Elon and it's horrible. Expect things to get worse.

[@QuentinBrutus]

Nope wrong u got a wrong perception , elon is elon he was not a boogieman when it went well for him or when his businesses go down now. But yeah its easy to frame him as evil looking at his fortune but he has transformed the world in a good way

[@T1Oracle]

@@QuentinBrutus He's transformed nothing. Elon didn't become this horrible narcissist overnight. He was always awful. Look at the sheer numbers of women he's impregnated and left behind, the number of unloved children he has spawned, and his prodigious history of mistreating the people who report to him. Elon was trying to convince people to make Mars a second Earth (an atrocious idea if you do even a fraction of the math and science involved) when Martin and Marc found him. He never cared about EV's until Martin and Marc convinced him. Even then, he still said that he would only be CEO for a short while and leave. Then Martin and Marc's ideas started making him rich and he decided to claim all of the glory. He's a clown and his fans are fools. Unfortunately, fools never admit to having been fooled. Oh well...

[@sidhuthesmwgroup]

​@@QuentinBrutusyou can lick his butt all day long.

[@bidav2114]

​@@QuentinBrutuslol What has he done for the world?

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

S, E,X,Y happened way after those 2 misfits were long gone, yeah they were not fit for the company and TSLA , No Elon Musk no Tesla / TSLA as we know it, just the facts Ma's am.

[@javajoe4]

Looks like Tesla is taking a page out of the Boeing playbook.

[@DatingForRealYoutubeChannel]

Yes 😅

[@captainbuggernut9565]

You'd think the richest guy about, would have enough to at least say sorry.

[@cpangws]

We will all find out that Elon maybe the greatest con artist of this era.

[@masterlightjames950]

We already know

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

HE SURE " CONNED" PEOPLE INTO BECOMING MILLIONAIRES, TOO BAD I INVESTED ONLY INTO A FEW dollarsTSLA Shares!

[@darryllyle3528]

First ponzi now musk

[@MMABrosPOD]

😂😂😂😂

[@koda3967]

3:17 Yep. Safety first. 😕 It's why I won't *consider* a #Tesla; well, that and #Musk's #Entitlement complex.

[@Scapestoat]

Safety Third!

[@Dimera09]

Entitlement complex?! Mate his actions entitle him to whatever the fuck he wants lol.

[@AB-ce3nn]

💯

[@Scapestoat]

@@Dimera09 What, for his glorious actions such as ruining Twitter, and turning it into a scammer-bot site? Or for starting an okayish EV company with nothing but his own hard work and the proceeds from an african emerald mine. I guess SpaceX is kinda cool. But so many of his other companies are daft; Robots that are not robots but a guy in spandex. A brain-machine interface that is highly marketed as ground-breaking, but which is less advanced and less capable than current systems. A vacuum tunnel transport system that is literally impossible to make work at scale. A similarly fancy subterranean vacuum pod system that each contain an EV, only because people need to breathe, they dropped the vacuum part, and since they couldn't make the pods work, those were also dropped, so now it is small stretches of tunnels for EVs. But since the autopilot is still so unreliable, the EVs only drive through there at walking speed. Woo. What a hero.

[@misterfunnybones]

Aftermarket mats are all the rage.

[@PK-999]

Can you even contemplate how much torture it would be for Elon to admit he ever did anything wrong?

[@ValenceFlux]

I remember the first time I was confused by someone telling me my work made their work look bad. Are we here to do a quality job or not? What? What did I say?

[@danilee4738]

There's a guy on tiktok that complained about the accelerator getting stuck under the carpet

[@kkent4174]

Yes they just had a 4K recall on cyber trucks and counting

[@stephenhan9680]

O..... that's why there were several consecutive accidents in China with Tesla cars may be a few years ago where they just flew off and drivers weren't able to stop it, scary as heck. There was some noises about suing Tesla but it quickly died down.

[@rgrgraterol]

This is just laughable. I've had curling carpets in many cars. It's an easy fix.

[@lfeb]

Sounds just like John Hamm's character in The Morning Show, what a horrible creep.

[@walli6388]

Never gonna happen. Pretty sure he doesn't even know that word.

[@danielmartin7838]

I’ve had carpets present a safety issue in one or two different model cars I’ve driven. I pull em out if they slide up into the kind of curl she described.

[@pbasista]

Could you clarify how would a carpet curling be a safety issue to the car? I understand it might look bad or be an inconvenience for the user who will need to repeatedly straighten or unfold them. But I do not fully understand why would that be a safety issue.

[@justanothernobody7142]

@@pbasista It effetcs the pedals, imgine not being able to break because the carpet has rolled up under the pedals.

[@DatingForRealYoutubeChannel]

What a pointless comment Daniel. Might as well not have written it. It's so dumb. Of course you pull the carpet back, you have no other choice.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

The whistleblower better go into hiding, there’s a trend of people dying suddenly for telling the truth lately.

[@zetaanarchics7113]

Do you think that Tesla will start to use Russian methods like novichok, polonium, or bullets?

[@Just_a_random_birb]

carpet curling under the pedals? How is that a safety concern?

[@disorganizedorg]

The venue for clearing her name is a libel lawsuit.

[@dimitrispetrou5583]

It's not that easy to go up against the world's second richest man (or whatever he is right now) particularly at a time when someone is seriously ill. This is not the first time Elon has acted spitefully against employees who have raised safety concerns and when the US government wanted to inspect some of his operations for safety issues if I'm not mistaken he spent months denying them access.

[@markplott4820]

Christina, is a SUB standard worker, and Tesla employee. Christina is a PROXY for IRAN.

[@zpetraki5015]

Right and I thought for a minute that BBC decided to actually report on the serious fact that Electrical Vehicles combust on their own because of how their battery is made. The cars BLOW UP in their thousands!! And give out toxic fumes of burning cobalt and lithium and other stuff while they are burning! And you talk about carpets!?

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

And that carpet thing is something that would be something you could not forsee

[@jaker3151]

Actually this is something that has happened in the past with ICE car manufacturers. I remember seeing a documentary/investigation about accidents caused by this many years ago. Car mats/carpets getting caught above the accelerator pedal causing unexpected acceleration, or under the pedals causing loss of braking or power. Hence this is something that all car manufacturers should be are aware of.

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

@@jaker3151 I've checked and the carpets are not fixed at the corners with screws TBO so your theory is floared

[@tabularasa7775]

Do you think it might be Putin's fault ?

[@birilol]

Elementary level English and you think you can advise on this topic

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

@@tabularasa7775 carpets you mean Putlers Wig 😆😆

[@Jesusandbible]

Was she right? Or over cautious? If you wanna be over cautious.... ban cars altogether. If she was right - I guess apologise. But was she?

[@AhmedHany-ix4bc]

I thought the safety issue would be something a lot more complicated than a carpet curling under the paddle. I think it’s a rather easy problem to solve. Am I missing something here?

[@Dimera09]

No, you have encountered a completely made-up problem.

[@DatingForRealYoutubeChannel]

It is easy, but of course an American company will rather spend way more time, energy and money ruining and wasting a good employee and, not least, ruin the company's reputation. 😅 That's seems to be how it goes all the time for big American companies. I never understand the logic behind it.

[@user-iu4wh1zs6t]

Let me ask you... What combination of materials and weave will contain dirt, won't stain, doesn't stink, doesn't burn easily, holds dye, doesn't warp with heat or cold, and what method do you use to hold it in place. Then guarantee your work for the life of the vehicle... Is it still simple? Easy?

[@tendekay2803]

@@user-iu4wh1zs6t Dude, you missed the point. A carpet isn't something that's going to need some state of the art technology alright. These things have been around for years. I was expecting something serious when I saw the video title. "Carpet whistleblower", what a joke 😀

[@DiscoverStuff]

People who buy tesla should know this

[@spicysealion-et8kf]

Not even tax credits can offset the stink of his deeds

[@brantoma]

Remember BBC journalist interviewed Elon....totally embarrassing for BBC 😂 could not prove what BBC claim....Just a hit case...only report, not through hard investigation as always.

[@clarenceawalker1873]

I understand her situation 100% about overlooked safety issues on the job, Political bias in job performance and safety it's in the airlines also.🦅

[@seeclear2022]

she now drives a cybertruck.

[@spacemanspiff3052]

Tesla stinks!

[@4DModding]

I have one and so far has been great. Also worked for them in Engineering and was great. No complaints

[@observatorgoogle7502]

Best wishes, Cristina. Prayers, wish you health and strength.

[@savethejungle1789]

My carpet does the same thing, so annoying

[@littleb9298]

Maybe it's a bit late, but I still believe she can build a company that convinces people to buy cars from her instead of Tesla!

[@simulationkoyo]

Imagine losing your career over something like this.

[@danjam1411]

From what I have watched on utube videos, the best electric cars are Japanese made. The same is true for combustion vehicles.

[@spacebarwasd9782]

Are we not surprised...

[@jjreddick377]

How much electromagnetic radiation do these Tesla cars produce? What are the risks ?

[@curtheisler1200]

About as much as your wifi, why?

[@mojogustavo336]

It’s like driving around a mobile microwave. I bet most tesla drivers are infertile.

[@jjreddick377]

@@curtheisler1200 you have evidence?

[@Gamervidsman2000]

@@jjreddick377 If you dorks don't trust information online, then why don't yall' run your own tests and hire a Rad Detector.

[@jjreddick377]

@@Gamervidsman2000 👍

[@MMABrosPOD]

So you're worried you're a kid won't believe you but will believe Tesla instead?

[@seeclear2022]

How about a brand new cybertruck ?

[@DiscoverStuff]

Let see how the tesla fan boy defense this

[@Wongseifu548]

Easy quite literally its another hit piece after hit piece

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

​@@Wongseifu548not really I've changed my opinion on Elon on this one story 😮

[@magic_fruit_bat5003]

Tesla is rekt

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

MMM why defend Elon against a cancer patient in court 😢 sound very one sided to me

[@Wongseifu548]

Because this video is meant to put even more pressure on a stock price nothing more

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

@@Wongseifu548 That's your answer 🙄 OK

[@phillipgriffiths9624]

Tesla = Boeing.

[@Wongseifu548]

nice try more like Boeing = BP

[@VLambo311]

I mean is anyone surprised?

[@Wongseifu548]

Surprised that Tesla is like every fortune 500 company

[@c87kim]

Nah

[@iamkhai7111]

Godbless you Miss Cristina🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@WorldBridgeTV16]

Just sorry from Algeria

[@seandenzelrhymer760]

Allie Craige

[@hantusmostert]

Acording to this, it sounds like Elon is not a very nice person.

[@jeffsopha1969]

Get some money. Always good to get money

[@stevenhoo1767]

Hope you'll get better soon, Cristina! It's just sad to hear you suffering from this so unfairly. It's paramount to criminal acts. I'm shorting TSLA/Musk partially also for you and will be holding the shorts for as long as I can. Elon Musk should and will pay for the many horrible things he has done over the years.

[@markplott4820]

Christina , is a COMMIE PINKO.

[@phoenics2465]

For all mankind correctly portrayed elon musk with the character Dev ayesa. Promising to be the Messiah of mankind, with equality. But in the end its just about him

[@jbh2761]

Disgraceful , Elon step up , do the right thing . Surely you have enough money to eat some humble pie when you are wrong . Apologies is not a big ask .

[@Shownup007]

Has the bbc anything good to say about Tesla or the amazing achievements of Elon Musks companies?……….,……,no just as I thought absolutely nothing good to say.

[@ondrejjanoska660]

I mean as a decent man he would not get where he is.....Shame on Musk and Tesla.

[@novaboy1174]

She better hopes Musk doesn't use the Boeing way to handle these whistleblowers.

[@Dougie-ex1ov]

secret project?

[@vectorfox4782]

Boeing straight up killed their whistleblower and made it seem like a suicide.

[@tabularasa7775]

Careful , you can get sued for that , even with evidence or proof lol

[@vectorfox4782]

@@tabularasa7775 that’s why the board fired their ceo. Everyone knows it. Boeing doesn’t have enough money to sue everyone for speaking the truth.

[@belahatvany]

Elon musk please ensure that the appropriate apology is made!

[@VarinderSingh-hb8hd]

You are abusing your company not good

[@lulucolby8882]

Brave beautiful badass, you are your little boy’s hero, and you are mine🫶 All the best in your battle against breast cancer. From what I’ve seen of you, my money is on you🙂❤

[@pedrolplgm]

KL te lo dice 163 k gracias.

[@SophieSunshine-hn8wd]

Oh come on , she’s trying to ruin an entire business over carpets , she’s being a prick .

[@RestynPeece]

so far, as usual with the news today, i see no EVIDENCE for either side just a whole lot of talking. i;m sorry the woman has cancer though. hearts and prayers for her.

[@emmarthurson]

What... a decade in court about a carpet design. My goodness...

[@waltergregoireshling]

Didn't seem so unreasonable, to correct a simple thing like that🤔

[@WeAreTheDraiken]

Probably more to the story. These things are never cut abd dry, Probably tesla and elon don't see it as an issue, and to change it would require them needing to make other changes they don't want to get into. From the Past it's shown Elons workethic at times is that he wants a certain thing a certain way and doesn't want it changed. So she Probably cared more about the safety than whatever compromise is needed for the safety. So far she said this happened a decade ago, and I haven't heard of any issue relating to this issue she said , so maybe she was wrong about the safety concerns but how the company addressed it isn't still right.

[@hypnotechno]

this doesn't make sense. She was helping the company out by pre-empting a safety issue that could saves lives and money. And they took revenge? Something else going on?

[@DatingForRealYoutubeChannel]

No, that's actually how big dumb American companies work. They aren't that bright. It's such a simple problem and she did a decent thing about raising a concern about it. Their reaction is just absurd because it would cost money to fix the problem. They'd rather risk lives... Big American companies don't give a sh*t. Disgusting culture.

[@jrb4499]

So sorry to hear this. but on the otherside she wants to clear her name of what exactly? she was the one who took the case to court, made it public and won. She already won the case and her name is therefore cleared… I dont get it.

[@smart3803]

They accuser of other things that is not true after that court case listen again

[@akivaabraham7739]

I love Elon Musk! Keep up the good work~

[@undertow2142]

Standard Elon Mush is a loser move.

[@Akronkangaroo]

Musk reminds me of a Bond villain

[@HyperCircle]

Testla the next Boeing?

[@markplott4820]

TESLA is the NEXT Tesla.

[@ser9656]

I’m a Tesla owner, and with Elon Musk running the company, I’m embarrassed about that ownership.

[@eoky]

It’s the best car ever yah!? 😊

[@CoralSea]

@@eoky I have a model 3 and an Acura. The model 3 powertrain and technology is better and cheaper to purchase and to own.

[@john_wick1]

why any one wants to work for Elon Musk!? he's such a jerk..

[@francislo2205]

What a shame Elon. One without integrity is due to fail big time. Many of people I know are not buying Tesla car anymore, you've turned this brand into a symbol of shame.

[@amilaperera1]

Do not worry. Everything will be cleared as its share prices is plummeting .

[@NOT.MI5.MI6.]

makes sense nothing is perfect especially cars

[@Omar-xs4by]

Very bad and very sad Elon

[@Wongseifu548]

nice try troll

[@driftingz]

If it was up to engineers, the car would never come off the assembly line.

[@cindyoverall8139]

Tesla is terrible

[@WarriorChampion47]

Why make this personal .. your personal issues are your own issues . Why mix them all up. Get over it and focus on your illness . Get well soon! You got to move on.

[@BudaKhan420]

“She was the only woman on the engineering team” - see all it took was one. How is she the only one who had a problem with what they were doing?

[@driv3rde883]

Tesla is not Elon Musk, there should be a separation. Also, the negative stories are much to often inflated by the media. Because negative stories generally generate more clicks and income. Just something to keep in mind.

[@WeAreTheDraiken]

She said she tried to get to elon. Not that she was able to.

[@nsfwCharlie]

I am important so i should get direct access to the CEO and an apology. If you are innocent then sue them. BBC seems to believe you, why dont they support you in a law suit? A company that believes you would have no problem as they have attorneys and would also request legal fees. I laso notice you didn't go into detail either.

[@1milliondogs]

This is pretty laughable stuff. You can literally go to any car supplier and buy carpets yourself and fit them in a car. It really isnt a big deal to add an extra fastener or change the design if it's actually required. This seems more like someone looking for attention than actually expsing any form of deep rooted conspiracy or coverup.