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Although he is leaving his executive post quietly, the ex-CEO doesn't have to walk away because the coffee chain will also transfer the ownership of his former company car.
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Martin Eberhard vs. Elon Musk In May, former Tesla Motors CEO Eberhard sued the electric car company and its CEO Musk, alleging slander, libel and breach of contract.
«Having the social goal as No. 1 is inadequate and won't make you successful,» said Robin Chase, the founder and former CEO of car - rental company Zipcar and the founder of peer - to - peer car rental company Buzzcar.
A German court has acquitted the former CEO and CFO of sports car maker Porsche of manipulating the company's share price during its takeover battle with Volkswagen 0.09 %, dealing a serious blow to a seven - year battle for compensation by U.S. hedge funds.
-- THE INTERNAL INVESTIGATION: Late this month or early in June, former U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas will finish an investigation for GM into why the company delayed recalling the cars.
We often hear about Google's oddball «Moonshot» projects — from using balloons to bring internet to isolated areas to developing self - driving cars — but according to at least one of the company's former execs, Google's obsession with shooting for the stars actually reaches into even the most mundane aspects of its everyday business.
In 2011, he and several partners (including former race car driver Ron Fellows) established Canadian Motorsport Ventures, a company that bought Mosport International Raceway, Canada's largest automotive racetrack located east of Toronto.
Unless a former University of Oregon athlete teamed up with his track coach to launch your company from the trunk of his car, your story doesn't match the Nike story.
Alphabet has accused Uber of using self - driving trade secrets and proprietary information that its former top self - driving cars engineer Anthony Levandowski allegedly stole before selling his new company to Uber.
A key document in Alphabet's legal battle against Uber reveals that a former Alphabet executive had a trove of data on Alphabet's self - driving car technology and accessed some of the files after he left the company.
Earlier this year, Waymo accused Uber of using stolen tech to kick - start its autonomous car program after Uber acquired Otto, another self - driving car company, that was founded by a former Google employee.
Other legal fights related to Uber include its battle with self - driving car company Waymo, which is suing Uber for allegedly stealing trade secrets, and a lawsuit filed by investor Benchmark against former chief executive officer Travis Kalanick claiming breach of contract.
The aspiring electric car startup that's backed by Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting has faced a series of legal setbacks and financial woes over the last year, most recently publicizing the firing of former BMW veteran who became the company's CFO.
SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has fired the engineer accused of stealing self - driving car trade secrets from its competitor Waymo, bowing to pressure from a federal judge to cut ties with the former star of the ride - hailing company's autonomous vehicle program.
Perhaps the most compelling feature of the company, which is still in semi-stealth mode, is that it was co-founded by two former top executives of Google's self - driving car project: Jiajun Zhu and Dave Ferguson.
In what is likely to be a heated argument over the legacy of Uber's lightning rod of a founder and former CEO, attorneys for both Travis Kalanick and one of the car - hailing company's largest investors, Benchmark Capital, will square off in the first oral argument in the month - old case.
Since Uber hired former Expedia exec Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO just a few weeks ago, he and its board have been intensely focused on bringing on more adult supervision to the car - hailing company.
Former CEO Travis Kalanick's decision on Friday to appoint two new directors to the board of the car - hailing company did not come out of nowhere, although it was a surprise to the board and its new CEO.
It has had to address allegations of sexism in the workplace; it's grappled with the missteps of its chief executive, Travis Kalanick, who on Tuesday revealed he would take a leave of absence from the company; and it finds itself locked in a legal war against Google amid accusations that one of Uber's former top engineers stole self - driving car technology from the search giant.
The self - driving car company spun out from Google accused the ride - hailing service of advancing its own autonomous vehicle push by using intellectual property stolen by one of Google's former project leaders.
In January, Tesla filed a lawsuit against Sterling Anderson, a former director of the company's Autopilot program, saying that he broke his employment contract by trying to recruit Tesla employees to join a new self - driving car company.
SAN FRANCISCO — Waymo, the self - driving car business spun out of Google's parent company, claimed in a federal lawsuit on Thursday that Uber was using intellectual property stolen by one of Google's former project leaders.
In this month alone Saints alltime leading rusher Deuce McAllister filed for bankruptcy protection for the Jackson, Miss., car dealership he owns; Panthers receiver Muhsin Muhammad put his mansion in Charlotte up for sale on eBay a month after news broke that his entertainment company was being sued by Wachovia Bank for over due credit - card payments; and penniless former NFL running back Travis Henry was jailed for nonpayment of child support.
The former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, surrendered to the FBI and pleaded not guilty to charges that he laundered millions of dollars through overseas shell companies — using the money to buy luxury cars, real estate, antique rugs and expensive clothes.
Major employers include the Honda car production plant at an old Vickers factory site on the former World War II RAF base of South Marston; BMW / Mini formerly Pressed Steel Fisher in Stratton; mobile phone company Motorola; Dolby Labs; and retailer W H Smiths distribution center and headquarters.
Diesels are all based on the 2.0 - litre CDTI engine, and can be had in 118bhp / 236 lb ft, 138bhp / 236 lb ft, and 161bhp / 273 lb ft variants, the former two states of tune emitting a company car tax - friendly 99g / km of CO2 and averaging 76.3 mpg on the combined cycle.
Hackenberger's former trucking company used to deliver goods around the country and when the man himself was at the wheel, he'd always keep an eye open for interesting cars that he could haul back home with him.
Mazda is a small car company with limited resources and growing pains from its half - decade old separation from former controlling stakeholder Ford Motor Ccompany with limited resources and growing pains from its half - decade old separation from former controlling stakeholder Ford Motor CompanyCompany.
The company offered us a rare chance for some one - on - one time with the driver former McLaren teammate Jenson Button recently dubbed «the quickest guy that has ever driven a Formula 1 car.»
Designer Henrik Fisker sued Aston Martin, his former employer, for $ 100 million after the company tried to block the debut of the car, claiming that, based on an initial top - down - view sketch, it too closely resembled their products (some of which Fisker helped design) and infringed on copyright.
And impressively, that growth was spread out equally among the company's car and truck lines, with the former notching a 25 percent improvement and the latter moving sales ahead by 27 percent.
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Been a good car for us - hubbys former work / beater car now he has a company vehicle.
A Chrysler spokesman said the company anticipates future business with Shelby Automobiles and former race car driver Carroll Shelby.
Business partner and former GM executive Bob Lutz, who played a key role in the development of the electric Chevrolet Bolt, meanwhile said Tesla is losing its uniqueness as other companies develop better electric cars, and that it'll «have to learn to make money like any other company».
According to the former editor of Motor Trend magazine, before BMW took «The Ultimate Driving Machine» moniker for itself, American Motors dubbed its high - performance model that could hold its head high in fast company simply «The Machine» and it deserves to be considered among the Greatest Cars of All Time.
Earlier this year, Aston Martin showed an all - electric GT concept, the DBX, which makes the announcement of this RapidE an exciting and dramatic turn of events for the sports car maker, whose former CEO, Dr Ulrich Bez, once told me that electrification was not part of the company's future.
The term «Mopar» has passed into broader usage among car enthusiasts as an unambiguous reference to vehicles produced by former parent company Chrysler Group LLC, now FCA US.
In a major partnership announcement, the former Google Self - Driving Car Project is aligning with Jaguar Land Rover to make that company's EV SUV fully autonomous.
Ms Sexton and other former insiders point to long waiting lists they say were ignored by the big car companies, who chose instead to shut down their electric programmes and to crush most of those electric cars.
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The Schwalbe story is a long and winding one, from the beginnings of the original Stimson & Co. steelworks producing guns and gun barrels in Suhl, Germany, in 1856, to the production of bicycles in 1896 and cars in 1907, to the exile of the Jewish founding family in 1936 and the post-WWII reboot of the company in former East Germany (German Democratic Republic, or DDR) making mopeds, motorcycles, and scooters.
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When deciding between a stick shift and an automatic car, most Driving School companies would prefer the former than the latter as there are several benefits and advantages of a manual transmission.
«NHTSA is not doing enough and the car companies are not realizing any meaningful test data,» said Missy Cummings, a former naval pilot who runs Duke University's Humans and Autonomy Laboratory.
While Faraday Future posed as the newest California electric car startup that attracted top auto industry talent, 10 former employees and one person close to the company say the behavior and business practices of its chief investor have brought business to a halt.
Perpetually troubled electric car startup Faraday Future filed a lawsuit on Monday against the company's former chief financial officer, Stefan Krause, alleging that he stole a number of trade secrets and improperly solicited employees to join him at a new startup.
The company, called Nuro, was founded by two former lead Google engineers who worked on the famed self - driving car project.
But according to several former Faraday employees, the electric car startup — incorporated in Gardena, California — operates in practice as a branch of Jia's Chinese company LeEco, sharing resources.