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Tesla widens its legal action against Rivian over alleged theft of battery secrets

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In comparison, Rivian uses 2170 cells from Samsung SDI for the R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV. The California-based EV maker accused Rivian of acquiring proprietary information related to its recruiting process, bonus and compensation plan for sales personnel, and manufacturing project management systems, to name a few.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

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Val Miftakhov: As you can imagine, we did a lot of this [comparison] early on as well. For small aircraft, like a trainer for example, what [George Bye] is doing with [Colorado e-aircraft manufacturer] Bye Aerospace, makes a lot sense. Yes, you have maybe higher efficiency, maybe even 80-85%. It makes a lot of sense.