Saturday, October 27, 2018

Tesla - US employees fighting for us all

Who is the largest manufacturer in the USA state of California. Tesla.  After a four month Cal-OSHA investigation on safety, Tesla was found to have two minor safety reporting issues.

Tesla one-year-in-tesla-update

Remember the NPR/Reveal hit piece on Tesla safety? Tesla sources claimed it was a UAW + a disgruntled employee hit piece. Now I believe that unions have gained many victories for labor - but big unions simply have political agendas. Musk has held off the bad side of unionization by offering great security and rewards for his employees. Now he can offer tremendous safety benefits.

US Jobs, highly compensated and safer. Safest cars in the world.

Profitable company making the cleanest and safest cars in the world. Outcompeting all luxury cars and SUVs, competing (#4) in regular cars, a regular SUV just ahead, and a truck in the wings.

I am not a stock advisor and therefore can't give stock advice, but for me my long Tesla stock purchase is very satisfying.  I own a piece of a company trying to save children. Your children. Our future. Not in a greenwash way but in a concrete here and now.

Tesla has many enemies - Oil and gas companies, the Koch brothers, the UAW, parts and maintenance shops,  gas stations, auto dealers, and old line auto companies.

This is nothing less then a battle for the survival of our descendants and humankind.

From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

The hour seems dark before the US midterms. Foolish men think they can roll back the clock to a smoggy paradise run by the privileged.

Your choice doesn't have to be Tesla which is pricey. A used Volt for $12K can drop your gas use into the basement and involves no compromise. The Bolt is a good electric. If you drive only in the city or local a Leaf can meet short driving needs.

Join us.


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