A Tesla engineer has accused Tesla of threatening her team with deportation after bringing up a brake safety issue with CEO Elon Musk in 2014. At the time, Balan was fired after informing Musk that she was worried floor carpets may curl up underneath the pedals in Model S vehicles, according to her, a major safety hazard. According to Balan, she was simply following Musk's orders to "talk to me" if they thought it was the "fastest way to solve a problem for the benefit of the whole company," according to an email he sent to all employees in 2013, […]