Tesla whistleblower claims company is 'doing everything it can to silence me'

The electric carmaker is suing a former technician for alleged hacking, but he says he's being scapegoated for leaking concerns

On Wednesday morning, Martin Tripp was an out-of-work Tesla technician trying to figure out what to do next.

By the end of the day, he had been sued by his former employer for alleged hacking and theft, engaged in a hostile email exchange with Elon Musk, come out as a whistleblower, and was being patted down by sheriff's deputies over allegations that he was threatening to go to his former workplace and "shoot the place up".