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Article: Judge Strikes Claim on Who Can Be Declared a Founder of Tesla Motors.(Company overview)
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- July 30, 2009
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Ruling Is Consistent With Tesla's Belief in a "Founding Team" of Entrepreneurs and Technologists
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A judge has struck down a claim by Martin Eberhard, who asked to be declared one of only two founders of electric car company Tesla Motors Inc.
The ruling Wednesday in San Mateo County Superior Court is consistent with Tesla's belief in a team of founders, including the company's current CEO and Product Architect Elon Musk, and Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel, who were both fundamental to the creation of Tesla from inception.
"We agree that Eberhard's claims on the question of who founded Tesla have no merit," Musk said. ...