iQar Inc. says its patents were “ahead of the times” in using “data and various information sources to increase the efficiency of vehicles.” That innovation, it told the US District Court for the Western District of Texas, was useful in helping Tesla solve one of the biggest issues for early electric cars: their effective range.
Tesla copied ideas that iQar had already patented, including analyzing sensor data and predicting effective battery charge before a trip, according to the complaint filed Tuesday. ...
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