Tesla founder sues company, CEO Elon Musk
Martin Eberhard, founder of Tesla Motors, the anointed darling of the electric vehicle industry, has filed suit against the company and its current leader, Elon Musk (right), who he accuses of slander, mismanagement, and, bizarrely, giving him a damaged Tesla roadster (the firm’s first product).
Hostility between Eberhard and Musk is nothing new. The co-founder departed in 2007 after losing too many boardroom skirmishes to Musk (at that time the company’s lead investor). But when he… Continue Reading