Tesla is undoubtedly the most influential car firm of the 21st century. Its innovative products and ideas have altered the market. However, its autocratic leader, Elon Musk, has paid a steep price for power. The Vox Media tech podcast “Land of the Giants” features the electric car maker in its latest season. They examined Amazon, Google, Netflix, Facebook/Meta, and Apple in previous seasons. In the two episodes we’ve heard, seasoned automobile journalists Tamara Warren (The Verge, New York Times) and Patrick George (Jalopnik, The Drive) have chronicled the EV juggernaut’s repercussions on the auto business, government, and world. Tesla, Are We Done? Since they are one of the most talked about companies and persons in the news, we must consider if the world needs more excellent coverage of the concerns. Warren, who has covered Tesla from its founding, says, “There’s just so much daily news about Tesla that it’s easy to get caught up in.” As I listened to this episode, I was struck by how interesting it was to think about the past, travel back in time, and retrace what happened before giving a fair assessment of how that has affected the market today and where it’s heading. Musk and Tesla have reimagined cars. They’ve also affected our transportation policy, lifestyle, car buying, and manufacturing. The show covers it all. Its actual importance reveals how this rapid shift has changed its people. Their lives changed similarly. Work impacted my life, for better and for worse. “In general, this event changed their lives.” “I could say it was either good or bad, depending on who I talked to and their point of view,” says Warren. Many workers claim it was hard to work for a corporation with no work-life balance, no safeguards, and where even top executives were considered replaceable. Due to Musk’s volatile personality, confrontational nature, and nasty nature, many people suspected they had been duped. One of the world’s richest people, Musk, may intimidate his detractors with a disastrous court ruling. “I think this series shows that Tesla workers are often forgotten at all levels because their voices have been silenced,” says Warren. And I believe the trepidation in their voices is a result of their prior employment in an industry where “success at any cost” was the guiding principle. How much does the value of a life’s work cost? Personal Worship The show also analyses Musk’s and Tesla’s cult of personality from a psychological perspective. “No one cares more about this brand than these people.” It’s nothing compared to Ferrari lads’ wall art. Warren thinks it’s a different feeling with a poor foundation. However, she and George continue their open study. “I’ve seen Tesla’s criticism as a longtime car writer. She responds, “I’m guessing that’s just part of it.” We wondered if she learned more about Musk while writing this story. She did but disliked it. She said, “He seems like a mean person to me.” And I think that’s something you hear a lot about now: people struggling with how they feel about owning this car, whether they already own it or are thinking about buying one or not,” the author remarked. She advises us to monitor the company. The industry has chosen to collaborate with Musk’s Superchargers, the only option to fast charge the expanding number of electric vehicles worldwide. “No matter what the CEO does, we’re in the middle of a huge change right now, and Tesla is being asked to manage the infrastructure by running our national charging network,” she says. Tesla may be as essential as Big Oil, regardless of your opinion. Warren argues, “You can’t count Tesla out.” “Land of the Giants” is on Apple and Spotify.
