China Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Xiaopeng Automobile said that the company has no connection with its employee Zhang Xiaolang suspected of stealing commercial secrets.
Xiaopeng Automobile issued a statement on Weibo on Tuesday (August 23) that it has been more than four years since the case.The follow -up investigation of the case, "We have no relevant disputes with Apple, and there is no connection with the case."
Xiaopeng Motor also said that the company strictly abides by relevant laws and attaches great importance to intellectual property rights rights.Protect.
Comprehensive Bloomberg and Reuters reported that Zhang Xiaolang had served as an engineer at Apple in the United States, decided to leave in April 2018, and was arrested at San Jose Airport in the same year at the same year.
U.S. prosecutors have accused Zhang Xiaolang downloaded a 25 -page Apple document file with his wife's computer, which includes a schematic diagram for circuit board design for autonomous vehicles.
Apple hired Zhang Xiaolang in 2015 as a hardware engineer of the autonomous vehicle project.This project has not yet produced any commercial products.
Zhang Xiaolang originally did not plead guilty of theft of the secret control of commercial secrets, but decided to plead guilty in court on Monday (August 22).
Xiaopeng Automobile uploaded a statement issued in 2018 on Weibo on Tuesday, saying that Zhang Xiaolang entered Xiaopeng Automobile in early May of the same year, signed an intellectual property compliance document, and said that he did not record.Peng Automobile reported any sensitive and illegal situation.
The company said that as early as June 27, 2018, they learned that the local US departments investigated Zhang Xiaolang and sealed Zhang Xiaolang's computer and office supplies in accordance with regulations."After the relevant U.S. departments launched an investigation, Xiaopeng Automobile cooperated and conducted internal investigations for the first time."
