“Apple is being sued for allegedly poaching employees from lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems,” Stephanie Mlot reports for PC Magazine.
“According to the filing, Cupertino snagged five employees, all of whom had signed non-disclosure agreements with A123 that prevented them from working with a competitor for one year after leaving A123,” Mlot reports. “However, four A123 employees made the switch to Apple within the last month; the fifth left A123 and headed west in June 2014.”
Mlot reports, “Apple also reportedly hired workers from LG, Samsung, Panasonic, Toshiba, and Johnson Controls who have ‘experience in A123’s battery business,’ the filing said.”
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“A123 specializes in lithium-ion battery technology for large machines, including cars,” Gina Hall reports for The Silicon Valley Business Journal. “Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple has several hundred employees working secretly toward creating an Apple-branded electric vehicle. The project is code-named “Titan” and has an initial design of a vehicle that is similar to a minivan, the Journal article said.”
“Apple has been tipping its hand as of late, as it hires employees from Tesla Motors Inc. Data on LinkedIn show that Apple has been snapping up automotive engineers and experts from the luxury electric car company,” Hall reports. “More than 60 former Tesla employees are now employed by Apple, including dozens of hardware, software, manufacturing and supply-chain engineers, recruiters, sales specialists, attorneys and product managers, according to a Reuters report.”
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