23 Aug 2025

The Tesla Files - Sönke Iwersen

From Saturday Morning, 8:11 am on 23 August 2025

Sönke Iwersen is Head of Investigations at German financial daily Handelsblatt, and co-author of the groundbreaking book The Tesla Files - a tell-all of the world's most powerful businessman, Elon Musk and the rise and fall of his empire. 

Iwersen and Michael Verfürden's analysis of a 100GB-leak of confidential Tesla and court documents reveals 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, told through first-hand accounts of employees, customers and their bereaved families. 

Sönke Iwersen speaks with Susie.

Photo: Penguin Random House