Tesla vs. the World: Does Silicon Valley's Car Darling Have a Case?

Barely a month into series production of the first all-electric sports car, Tesla Motors is making more of a name for itself lately for lawsuits than for the Roadster. Lawyers for Silicon Valley’s darling automaker are busy charging former partner-turned-rival Henrik Fisker with the theft of trade secrets related to Tesla’s WhiteStar hybrid sedan, while at the same time defending the 5-year-old company from breach-of-contract accusations being leveled by former transmission supplier Magna Powertrain. That’s a lot of drama on the receiving end for a start-up that was supposed to teach Detroit how to build a lightning car at lightning speed. What’s going on here?

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