This has been quite a big story over here in recent days. Perhaps the good news out of this is that China may be moving into the electric car market sooner. That's not necessarily a bad thing from an environmental angle. The Guardian:
Tonight a French magazine claimed the three men had leaked information about the development of batteries for the electric vehicles that Renault hopes to put into production in the next 18 months.
Le Point said the employees had been approached by a private company used as a subcontractor by Renault. It claimed that in return for information, money had been paid into foreign bank accounts.
More damaging for Renault, Le Point also alleged the leaked information concerned multi-million euro technology that the company had yet had a chance to patent, meaning it was not protected from being copied.
