Tesla settles lawsuit with ex-employee over Autopilot source code
Tesla settled a lawsuit against a former employee who copied the source code of the electric vehicle (EV) maker's Autopilot technology, revealed a US district court filing dated 15 April.
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The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by Tesla that accused employee Cao Guangzhi of copying the source code for Autopilot before leaving the company in January 2019 to join XMotors.
XMotors is the US unit of Chinese Tesla rival Xpeng. The company said that it respects intellectual property rights and relies on its own technology to develop its products.
Cao is no longer working for XMotors, the company told Reuters on Friday.
A statement to Reuters on behalf of Cao from his legal representative confirmed the settlement and said Cao had never accessed any Tesla data after he left Tesla, or provided Tesla information to XMotors or anyone else.