It's a huge concern that Musk (via his earlier tweets) blamed an employee in the Gigafactory in Sparks, NV for issues with Tesla production at the Fremont, CA factory 240 miles away.
But to me it sounds like these guys are making battery powered cars and the sabetour worked in a battery plant..
Doesn’t that mean that if the battery line was sabotaged then they’d be unable to ship cars that need those batteries?
Or was it alleged that there were direct and tangible sabotages committed against the cars directly?
Edit: did I say something wrong? Forgive my ignorance on the topic and please explain to me why? A pipeline is a pipeline and if a component is missing you can’t call the product finished.
Edit2: By the downvotes and lack of reply I'm going to assume that people don't like that this question is raised. Why?
Because some people may be looking for validation on their preconceptions (in this case, "Musk is making excuses") instead of engaging in critical debate.
HN has a lot of great discussions and smart people, but it also has a handful of armchair engineers who are eager to tear down highly successful ones like Musk. Your comment offers a rational explanation for his concern and behavior, so naturally folks pushing ulterior narratives won't like it.
Don't let downvotes get under your skin. It's way harder, more interesting, and more dignified to think and respond critically and put your name on a comment like you did, than to click a little triangle anonymously every time someone challenges your assumptions. When an earnest question like yours turns grey, it says much more about the HN community than it says about you.
Also, time that Elon and other employees spend on this guy take time away from more important things.