until 2014, cristina balan was a rising star within the electric car firm in the us.he spoke to our technology editor zoe kleinman. i was the only woman in the team, like engineering. and in the beginning, it was great. in the early days, cristina balan was doing so well at tesla, her initials were engraved on the car's batteries, but she says it wasn't long before things took a turn for the worse. everything went south when i realised that they were hiding some critical safety issues. she claims they pretended that they didn't know. and you decided to go right to the top. you went to elon musk himself? i tried to. and what exactly was the safety concern? they realised that they make a design engineering mistake on the carpets. you know, the carpets that you have under the adults and in the front of the car. so what happened is those carpets, they were curling under the brake and under the acceleration. cristina further claims that she'd heard there were complaints made about this issue. so she believes tesla was aware of it. she claims that when she shared her worrie

in the early days, cristina balan was doing so well at tesla, her initials were engraved on the car'ssn't long before things took a turn for the worse. everything went south when i realised that they were hiding some critical safety issues. she claims they pretended that they didn't know. and you decided to go right to the top. you went to elon musk himself? i tried to. and what exactly was the safety concern? they realised that they make a design engineering mistake on the carpet. you know that every carpets that you have on under the adults and in the front of the car. so what happened is those carpets, they were curling under the brake and under the acceleration. cristina further claims that she'd heard there were complaints made about this issue. so she believes tesla was aware of it. she claims that when she shared her worries, tesla's management turned hostile. she lost herjob, sued the firm and won. but then tesla did something unexpected. they dared to accuse me of serious crimes, like embezzlement. theyjust purely invented those with one scope in mind, to give a lesson to eve

in the early days, cristina balan was doing so well at tesla.before things took a turn for the worse. everything went south. when i realised that they were hiding some

until 201a, cristina balan was a rising star within the electric car firm in the us. beginning, it was great. in the early days, cristina balan was doing so well at tesla, her initials were engraved on the car's batteries, but she says it wasn't long before things took a turn for the worse. everything went south when i realised that they were hiding some critical safety issues. she claims they pretended that they didn't know.

until 2014, cristina balan was a rising star within the electric car firm in the us.

cristina balan says she is still seeking a public apology for how she was treated after raising safety balan was a rising star at tesla in the us. i was the only woman in the team, like, engineering team, and in the beginning, it was great. in the early days, christina balan was doing so well at tesla, her initials were engraved on the cars' batteries. but she says it wasn't long before things took a turn for the worse. everything went south when i realised that they were hiding some critical safety issues. she claims they pretended that they didn't know. and you decided to go right to the top? you went to elon musk himself? i tried to. and what exactly was the safety concern? they realised that they make a design and engineering mistake on the carpets. you know the carpets that you have under the pedals and in the front of the car? so what happened is those carpets, they were curling under the brake and under the acceleration. cristina further claims that she'd heard there were complaints made about this issue, so she believes tesla was aware of it. she claims that when she shared her

in the early days, cristina balan was doing so well at tesla, her initials were engraved on the car'sed that they were hiding some critical safety issues. she claims they pretended that they didn't know. and you decided to go right to the top. you went to elon musk himself? i tried to. and what exactly was the safety concern? they realised that they make a design engineering mistake on the carpet. you know that every carpets that you have on under the adults and in the front of the car. so what happened is those carpets, they were curling under the brake and under the acceleration. cristina further claims that she'd heard there were complaints made about this issue. so she believes tesla was aware of it. she claims that when she shared her worries, tesla's management turned hostile. she lost herjob, sued the firm and won. but then tesla did something unexpected. they dared to accuse me of serious crimes, like embezzlement. theyjust purely invented those with one scope in mind, to give a lesson to everybody who dare to speak up. tesla said in a public statement that cristina had used c