Tesla did not take kindly to Reveal's report about injuries at the company's Fremont plant, calling the nonprofit news outlet that reported it, "an extremist organization."
Reveal, named a Pulitzer Prize finalist on Monday and the public face of the Bay Area's Center for Investigative Reporting, has been a fixture in journalism since 1977.
Beset by ongoing production problems, Tesla announced on Tuesday it was temporarily suspending manufacturing of the Model 3.