A former employee at General Motors and her husband were indicted in federal court in Detroit on Thursday for conspiring to steal secrets from G.M. relating to hybrid technology. it is exactly reported by RICHARD S. CHANG in next writing
The couple is charged with conspiracy to possess trade secrets without authorization, unauthorized possession of trade secrets and wire fraud. Mr. Qin is also charged with obstruction of justice for discarding shredded documents into a Dumpster behind a grocery store, according to The Associated Press.
“As our auto industry works to find new areas of innovation, such as hybrid technology, we will not tolerate the theft of our trade secrets from foreign competitors,” Barbara McQuade, United States attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, said in a news release. “We will aggressively prosecute people who steal from the investment that our auto industry has made in research and development.”
G.M. estimated that the value of the stolen documents is over $40 million.
By the way, it is probably shocking US Industry. Therefore, China government respond well this mistakes by openning closed market for US government as wide as possible for electric car such as, GM as most disadvantageous party of stolen document. Even Ford to open second engine plant in China's southwestern Chongqing
On the other hand, it is better for us to know one of the progress of china's electric car industry, regardless of above stealing of most confendential documents. one of them is Shanzhai Electric Cars in China.
Last December, my friend Charlie and I visited the factory and headquarters of Great Wall Motors, located in Baoding, Hebei Province, about an hour's train ride south of Beijing.
While the factory visit and interviews I conducted on-site were very interesting and informative, the Great Wall people were understandably concerned about security. I wasn't able to take many pictures except for a few of their crash test course, which, at 250 meters is the longest in China.
After our time at Great Wall, Charlie and I returned to the train station at Baoding for our trip back to Beijing. Since we had about an hour to kill before our departure time, we decided to take a stroll around the train station.
We learned that these small, nondescript cars are assembled in Shandong Province. They run on an array of traditional lead-acid car batteries. The salesman lifted the rear seat of the neon-green car revealing four linked batteries, and he said there are another six under the hood, for a total of 10. (Notice also how the door molding on the green car above doesn't quite meet between the front and rear doors.)
The cars he had for sale on the lot retailed for 16,800 to 29,800 yuan ($2,500 - $4,440), but he said he typically gave discounts. The setup is pretty basic: a car with a radio, the necessary lighting and windshield wipers. No heater or air conditioner.
He told us that these cars did not require a license to be driven on the road in Baoding, but that, without the license plates, it would be illegal to drive them outside the city. I didn't pursue this observation, but it seems to me that, without some kind of "agreement" with the local government, these cars should also be illegal to drive in Baoding. China's MIIT (the Central Govt) produces a quarterly catalogue with the names of every car approved for driving on China's roads. If a car isn't listed there (and these shanzhai electric cars most certainly aren't), they cannot be issued a license.
The friendly salesman offered to take us for a quick spin in one of his cars. Below is a video taken during part of our ride. The car was very quiet, and it took off pretty quickly when he hit the accelerator, but you'll also notice a lot of rattling when we hit bumps in the road.
