SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk answered to KRON4 Information’ tale after his corporate allegedly backed-out on an order for 4,000 mini pies baked via an area San Jose bakery.
Reporter Amanda Hari interviewed Voahangy Rasetarinera, proprietor of The Giving Pies in San Jose. Every pie is punctiliously assembled via hand in small batches, however the tiny bakery has treated massive orders up to now from firms like Apple and Google.
Elon Musk spoke back to KRON4’s information tale a few San Jose pie bakery on Feb. 23, 2024. (Symbol by the use of X)
On Valentine’s Day, the bakery gained a last-minute order request from Tesla. The electrical automotive production corporate ordered 2,000 pies. Tesla later upped the order to 4,000 pies. Rasetarinera stated her group of workers pulled off baking the enormous order.
Voahangy Rasetarinera, proprietor of The Giving Pies, bakes within her bakery. (KRON4 photograph)
However after she despatched Tesla a number of invoices, the bakery by no means gained a fee, the bakery proprietor stated.
“I’m a small industry. I don’t have the posh of endless assets so I in point of fact want to be paid so I will be able to safe my group of workers,” Rasetarinera stated. The bakery proprietor stated a Tesla consultant despatched her a message announcing, “Good day, so sorry, I don’t suppose we’re going to wish this order anymore.”
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks to the media subsequent to its Style S. (Picture via Nora Tam/South China Morning Put up by the use of Getty Pictures)
Rasetarinera stated Thursday, “In the event that they need to make it proper, I’m going to present them the chance to make it proper.” On Friday, it seemed that Tesla’s CEO was once entering into the pie debacle himself.
Musk spoke back to a KRON4 tweet of the tale on his social media platform, X, past due Friday morning. Musk wrote, “Simply listening to about this. Will make issues excellent with the bakery. Folks will have to all the time be capable of rely on Tesla making an attempt its very best.”
KRON4’s earlier information tale at the Tesla pie controversy is under:
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