Nikola Chairman Trevor Milton unveils the Nikola One truck in December 2016. [credit: Nikola ]
Two years in the past, hydrogen-truck startup Nikola sued Tesla claiming that the Tesla Semi was a knockoff of Nikola’s personal truck design. On Wednesday, Tesla filed a response within the case accusing Nikola of basing its personal truck on a 2010 idea by designer Adriano Mudri. Mudri is now director of design on the Croatian automaker Rimac.
“Adriano Mudri is the designer of the Street Runner idea truck,” Tesla writes in its authorized submitting. “The Street Runner idea truck was entered into the 2010 Michelin Design Problem, and was chosen for show on the 2010 North American Worldwide Auto Present.”
In keeping with Tesla, Nikola founder Trevor Milton met with Mudri “throughout 2014 and/or 2015.” Tesla says that Milton knew in regards to the Street Runner idea truck on the time he utilized for the design patents Nikola later used to sue Tesla and that Mudri’s design “constituted a big ingenious contribution” to the designs Nikola patented.
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