01 DEC

Tesla has a problem with racism in its factory—so do many of its rivals

Robotic arms install the front seats to a Model 3 at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California.

At least six black former Tesla employees have told The New York Times that they suffered from racial harassment while working at the company. Three racial discrimination lawsuits have been filed against Tesla since early last year.

One man, DeWitt Lambert, shared a video in which an unidentified man walks around Tesla’s factory floor and—addressing Lambert—threatens to “cut you up … so everybody can have a piece of you, n*****.”

In a lengthy statement to Ars Technica, Tesla faulted the Times for extrapolating from “a very small number of claims” to paint Tesla in an unflattering light.

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