“The styling was substandard compared to what he unveiled for his product. “It caused a slight delay in White Star because we could not use the Fisker styling,” said Elon Musk, chairman of Tesla. Henrik Fisker, the founder of Fisker Automotive, with his electric car, the Karma. A person answering the phone at Finck & Dadras, the San Francisco law firm representing Fisker Coachbuild, said it was the firm’s policy not to comment on litigation. Belsky, a lawyer at Gross, Belsky & Alonso who represents Tesla.Ĭalls to Fisker Automotive were not returned. “I think it’s ironic that Fisker chose to name his car the Karma, when what he’s done is very bad karma,” said Adam C. It says that he did substandard work for Tesla, essentially sabotaging it, and then used the revenue from the design contract to develop his company’s car. Fisker had no experience with hybrid technology. The Tesla lawsuit states that before doing the design work for Tesla, Mr. The design, known as a serial hybrid, is thought to greatly extend the range and efficiency of hybrid vehicles. Fisker’s recently announced Karma are meant to be hybrid cars using a small gas engine to power a generator that charges a battery, which in turn powers an electric motor.
Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Pressīoth the planned Tesla sedan and Mr. Fisker founded Fisker Automotive, which is backed by the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.Ī Tesla electric sports car. Fisker and his chief operating officer, Bernhard Koehler, doing business under the name Fisker Coachbuild, fraudulently agreed to take on Tesla’s $875,000 design contract to gain access to confidential design information and trade secrets, then announced a competing vehicle. Last year it hired Henrik Fisker, a Danish-born designer who is known for his work on high-end exotic sports cars, to do the body design for a four-seat sedan, code-named White Star. Tesla, which has generated much interest among fans of cars and technology, recently started shipping a two-seat electric sports car in limited quantities.
Full membership to the IDM is for researchers who are fully committed to conducting their research in the IDM, preferably accommodated in the IDM complex, for 5-year terms, which are renewable.SAN FRANCISCO Tesla Motors, the Silicon Valley maker of electric sports cars, filed suit in San Mateo Superior Court on Monday against a competing company and two of its employees, saying they stole some of Tesla’s design ideas and trade secrets.
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