A former Tesla Inc employee who locked horns with chief executive officer Elon Musk has agreed to pay the company US$400,000 (RM1.63mil) for telling reporters about production delays at its Gigafactory in Nevada, United States, according to a court filing.
The payment is part of a proposed settlement of a lawsuit Tesla filed in 2018 that accused Martin Tripp of illegally divulging trade secrets about the production of Tesla’s Model 3.
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