When Green Cars Collide: Tesla sues green car rival Fisker
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Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. filed suit against the designer it hired to create the look of its electric hybrid sedan, saying it used ideas and information it gained during the process to create a rival sedan.
San Carlos-based Tesla filed the suit Monday in San Mateo Superior Court accusing Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler of of fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract.
Irvine-based Fisker Automotive Inc. styled the interior and body of Tesla's WhiteStar sedan in 2007.
Fisker, who has also provided designs for BMW, Aston Martin and other carmakers, was paid about $800,000 by Tesla, the suit says, and alleges that Fisker provided substandard designs and created a six-month delay, then incorporated its best designs into Karma, the Fisker hybrid-electric sedan.
Fisker Automotive Inc. has received more than $10 million from Menlo Park-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer, and in January unveiled the Karma.
The four-door plug-in hybrid premium sports sedan will have a starting price of $80,000. Initial deliveries of the Karma will commence in the 4th quarter of 2009 with annual production projected to reach 15,000 cars.
San Carlos-based Tesla filed the suit Monday in San Mateo Superior Court accusing Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler of of fraud, misappropriation of trade secrets, and breach of contract.
Irvine-based Fisker Automotive Inc. styled the interior and body of Tesla's WhiteStar sedan in 2007.
Fisker, who has also provided designs for BMW, Aston Martin and other carmakers, was paid about $800,000 by Tesla, the suit says, and alleges that Fisker provided substandard designs and created a six-month delay, then incorporated its best designs into Karma, the Fisker hybrid-electric sedan.
Fisker Automotive Inc. has received more than $10 million from Menlo Park-based Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer, and in January unveiled the Karma.
The four-door plug-in hybrid premium sports sedan will have a starting price of $80,000. Initial deliveries of the Karma will commence in the 4th quarter of 2009 with annual production projected to reach 15,000 cars.
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Sorry this is a little off topic but ....In other "I'll-just-build-one-myself-then" news, this guy decided to build his own supercar, albeit a regular fuel based one, in 4 years... pretty cool huh? -
lawsuit aside, these cars are absolutely amazing. i'd do terrible terrible things for a black tesla roadster
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Ditto Diode
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I'll get whatever wins.
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