A San Francisco jury agreed that Owen Diaz was subjected to racial harassment and a hostile work environment. He worked at Tesla’s Fremont plant in 2015 and 2016 before quitting.

Diaz's lawsuit described the Fremont, California, plant, as a 'hotbed of racist behavior' where he was subjected to daily racist abuse including the N-word, over a course of 11 months from 2015 to 2016.