Tesla Motors sues Fisker over stolen secrets
04-15-08, 10:16 AM
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Tesla Motors sues Fisker over stolen secrets
esla Motors can't seem to keep itself out of the press, can it? The newest flare-up concerns rival Fisker and claims that the automaker has stolen trade secrets and copied design concepts. In a lawsuit filed Monday by Tesla, the carmaker accuses Henrik Fisker -- whom the company had hired to design its WhiteStar sedan -- of accepting the work to "gain access to confidential design information and trade secrets." The company alleges that Fisker then used that knowledge to launch a competing vehicle, and believes Fisker has implemented its range-extended vehicle (or REV) technology in the recently introduced Karma. "I think it's ironic that Fisker chose to name his car the Karma, when what he's done is very bad karma," said the company's lawyer. Fisker wouldn't comment on the case, then drove silently away when pressed.
04-15-08, 04:51 PM
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04-15-08, 05:57 PM
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Get a LIFE, Tesla. We don't need another frivious lawsuit. 
Auto design is not the CIA.....There's nothing hush-hush about it. Thats why it is so ludicrous to see these new cars in testing with cover-up bras and wrappers on them....and spy-shooters trying to get secret photos. It is ridiculous.
Auto design is not the CIA.....There's nothing hush-hush about it. Thats why it is so ludicrous to see these new cars in testing with cover-up bras and wrappers on them....and spy-shooters trying to get secret photos. It is ridiculous.
04-15-08, 06:02 PM
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Get a LIFE, Tesla. We don't need another frivious lawsuit.
Auto design is not the CIA.....There's nothing hush-hush about it. Thats why it is so ludicrous to see these new cars in testing with cover-up bras and wrappers on them....and spy-shooters trying to get secret photos. It is ridiculous.
Auto design is not the CIA.....There's nothing hush-hush about it. Thats why it is so ludicrous to see these new cars in testing with cover-up bras and wrappers on them....and spy-shooters trying to get secret photos. It is ridiculous.
04-15-08, 06:12 PM
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If there was a lawsuit with every new car design, we would still be driving around like this:
04-15-08, 06:16 PM
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OK, I respect your opinion, but I don't see it that way. Lots of electric car designs have come down the pike....from the diminutive Corbin Sparrow all the way up to GM with the Impact.....and the current semi-electric/hybrid Volt. You didn't see lawsuits with all of those.
If there was a lawsuit with every new car design, we would still be driving around like this:
If there was a lawsuit with every new car design, we would still be driving around like this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/te...y/15tesla.html
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04-15-08, 06:19 PM
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Anyhow, so much for that...........let's let others get their opinion in, too.
04-15-08, 06:21 PM
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i read this in the new york times today. Fisker screwed over Tesla big time. He was contracted to design the Tesla, gave them a design, then went and created his own car with the earnings (and trade secrets) he got from tesla. not only that but the car design he created was apparently way better than what he designed for tesla. and if tesla's claim that Fisker knew nothing about hybrid technology before he was contracted is true, then it seems pretty obvious that he did steal secrets.
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04-15-08, 06:24 PM
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i read this in the new york times today. Fisker screwed over Tesla big time. He was contracted to design the Tesla, gave them a design, then went and created his own car with the earnings (and trade secrets) he got from tesla. not only that but the car he created was apparently way better than what he designed for tesla.
04-15-08, 08:37 PM
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04-15-08, 10:41 PM
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That's two strikes for Fisker... first, the coachbuilding portion with the
FLOPS they called Tramonto (rebodied Mercedes SL) and Latigo (rebodied
BMW 6-series), and now this.
And yet "his good name" continues to fascinate investors who continue
to funnel money into that trainwreck of an operation... He is the Steve Saleen
of the new millennium. I don't get it.
FLOPS they called Tramonto (rebodied Mercedes SL) and Latigo (rebodied
BMW 6-series), and now this.
And yet "his good name" continues to fascinate investors who continue
to funnel money into that trainwreck of an operation... He is the Steve Saleen
of the new millennium. I don't get it.
04-16-08, 12:59 AM
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