Former employees of Xiaopeng admitted to stealing Apple's autonomous driving information!Company response ...

Recently, "former Apple employee Zhang Xiaolang pleaded guilty in the San Jose Federal Court in the United States", and the hot search was on the fire.

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One of the most fascinating is that Zhang Xiaolang acknowledged that before the job jumping Xiaopeng, he stole secret, but then Xiaopeng Automobile issued a statement on the official blog and responded to the matter.

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Simply put, Xiaopeng Automobile said: It has been more than four years since the case. Xiaopeng did not understand the specific situation of the case, nor did he intervene in the subsequent investigation of the case by the US judicial organs.

There is no related controversy between Xiaopeng and Apple, and it is not related to the case.

And attached a statement of the company in 2018, in this case:

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The summary is: this is the personal behavior of employees, which has nothing to do with Xiaopeng.

For detailed cases, from July 2018, Zhang Xiaolang was arrested and prosecuted by the Federal Investigation Agency for suspicion of stealing commercial secrets.

Xiaopeng Motor also said at that time:

1. Before the incident, Xiaopeng Automobile did not understand the matter, and did not record that Zhang Xiaolang reported any sensitive and illegal situation to Xiaopeng Automobile. 2. After learning about the investigation of Zhang Xiaolang in relevant U.S. departments, Xiaopeng sealed Zhang Xiaolang's computer and office supplies in accordance with regulations, and said that he would cooperate with the investigation.

According to relevant US allegations, Zhang Xiaolang worked for Apple since 2015. The position before leaving Apple was the hardware engineer of the Apple Autonomous Car Team.

After leaving Apple, Zhang Xiaolang joined Xiaopeng Automobile in May 2018.

At present, Zhang Xiaolang's confession agreement with the US government is confidential. After acknowledging the stolen allegations of commercial secrets, he will face a fine of up to 10 years and a fine of 250,000 US dollars (equivalent to RMB 1.71 million).

The trial of the case was determined in November.

Zhang Xiaolang Judgment

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In fact, this is not the first time Xiaopeng has encountered such a thing ...

In 2019, Xiaopeng's new employee Cao Guang duty was also sued by his home company Tesla, and he was also accused of stealing the company's commercial secrets, which also involved the autonomous driving part of the car.

However, Xiaopeng Automobile also issued a statement at the time, saying that before and after the employee's employment, Xiaopeng Automobile did not find illegal acts claimed by Tesla.

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Xiaopeng founder He Xiaopeng also denied him in his circle of friends and returned to Tesla's allegations.

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It can be seen that in the current automotive industry, autonomous driving technology is the core selling point, so strengthening R & D and transposition is the consistent practice of major car companies.

Duck and ducks can only say that whether employees are suspected of stealing or disclosing confidential behaviors, the law and time will give us the answer ~

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