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The Tesla Files
- Narrator
- Mark Elstob
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 24 July 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Vehicle and transport manufacturing industries, History of specific companies / corporate history, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Business ethics and social responsibility, Automotive technology and trades
- Rating
- 3.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
A whistleblower.
A 100BG-leak of confidential internal documents.
This is the story of the fight to expose the truth of Tesla.
Elon Musk is one of the wealthiest people in the world. Tesla made him a 300-times billionaire. Starlink turned him into a force in global conflicts. X became his personal megaphone, stoking political turmoil at the touch of a button. With SpaceX, he aims to conquer the stars.
But a whistleblower, a 100GB-leak of confidential Tesla documents and two investigative journalists reveal the frightening truth behind the façade: an unusually high number of workplace accidents in Musk’s factories, dangerous errors in Tesla's autopilot software, a culture of fear and deception, and countless broken promises.
Investigative journalists Sönke Iwersen and Michael Verfürden take readers behind the shiny surface of Tesla. Through their chilling analysis of internal Tesla data and court documents set alongside the astonishing first-hand accounts of employees, customers and their bereaved families, The Tesla Files reveals a corporation in crisis. At its heart a billionaire who truly believes the world is his for the taking.
The definitive exposé of the world’s most powerful businessman and the rise and fall of his empire.
© Michael Verfürden, Sönke Iwersen 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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The Tesla Files is a triad of disclosures that might have destroyed a more conventional company
The Times
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Sensational…A bombshell book
Daily Mail
User Reviews
Book 3.0
Narration 3.0
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3.0 3.0
Nowhere near as interesting as I expected. I have listened to a couple of books about Elon Musk and there is very little new information in this book. Maybe 20% of the book is in any way insightful and analytical. Much of it felt like padding, and a lot of the book almost seemed to be about itself, which made it seem a bit self-satisfied and egotistical. The narrator's tone may not have helped in this regard. So very disappointed to be honest.
arushmer 2025-08-09
Details
- Author
- Sönke Iwersen and Michael Verfürden
- Narrator
- Mark Elstob
- Duration
- 9 hours 25 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9781405985086
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Vehicle and transport manufacturing industries, History of specific companies / corporate history, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Business ethics and social responsibility, Automotive technology and trades
- Rating
- 3.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 3.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. A whistleblower.A 100BG-leak of confidential internal documents.This is the story of the fight to expose the truth of Tesla.Elon Musk is one of the wealthiest people in the world. Tesla made him a 300-times billionaire. Starlink turned him into a force in global conflicts. X became his personal megaphone, stoking political turmoil at the touch of a button. With SpaceX, he aims to conquer the stars.But a whistleblower, a 100GB-leak of confidential Tesla documents and two investigative journalists reveal the frightening truth behind the façade: an unusually high number of workplace accidents in Musk’s factories, dangerous errors in Tesla's autopilot software, a culture of fear and deception, and countless broken promises.Investigative journalists Sönke Iwersen and Michael Verfürden take readers behind the shiny surface of Tesla. Through their chilling analysis of internal Tesla data and court documents set alongside the astonishing first-hand accounts of employees, customers and their bereaved families, The Tesla Files reveals a corporation in crisis. At its heart a billionaire who truly believes the world is his for the taking.The definitive exposé of the world’s most powerful businessman and the rise and fall of his empire.© Michael Verfürden, Sönke Iwersen 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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