Zhongxin Jingwei, March 5 - Gaohe Automobile responded to the lawsuit by FF through its official Weibo on the 5th, saying that there is no plagiarism and infringement of FF company's trade secrets and intellectual property rights.
*: "Gaohe Automobile" Weibo.
According to the Weibo statement of Gaohe Automobile, in response to FF Company's claim that Mr. Ding Lei, the founder of Human Horizons (hereinafter referred to as "our company"), and its affiliates infringed on its trade secrets and unfair competition, our company hereby solemnly declares as follows:
1. Our company and Mr. Ding Lei do not have any plagiarism and infringement of FF company's trade secrets and intellectual property rights, nor do they have unfair competition.
2. The high-tech X Z Y series models mass-produced by our company are all independently developed by our company and jointly developed with first-class business partners, and have independent intellectual property rights. The design patent of our company Hiphix won the design gold medal of the 23rd China Patent Award jointly issued by the State Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
3. Our company has been established for 6 years, and our company and Mr. Ding Lei have never received a lawsuit from FF company before.
4. Our company will protect the rights and reputation of our company and the founder from infringement through legal means.
Faraday Future (FF) announced on the same day that FF and its Chinese subsidiaries have filed a lawsuit against Ding Lei, a former executive of FF and founder of Human Horizons (together with other affiliates, hereinafter referred to as "Human Horizons") in the Intermediate People's Court of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, on the grounds of trade secret infringement and unfair competition. The Company requested the court to order compensation for the corresponding losses, and further required Human Horizons to immediately cease the infringement of the trade secrets related to FF 91, including but not limited to stopping the use of the trade secrets, the design, development, production and sale of the allegedly infringing products, the sale of the allegedly infringing products or the use of the allegedly infringing trade secrets to provide after-sales service for the allegedly infringing products, and immediately cease the alleged acts of unfair competition.
According to public information, FF was founded in 2014, but its first production car, FF 91, took nine years to roll off the assembly line. According to official data, in 2023, FF completed the delivery of a total of 10 FF 91s.
According to the official website of Hi-He, Hi-Phi Automobile has launched 4 models, namely HiPhi A, HiPhi X, HiPhi Z, and HiPhi Y. Among them, the price of Hiphi X, Hiphi Z, and Hiphi Y is from 33It ranges from 90,000 yuan to 800,000 yuan, while HiPhi A only has an appointment consultation option on its official website, and there are no specific customization and pricing details.
Since the start of deliveries in 2021, Gaohe Automobile has not released sales data on a regular basis. According to **, as of March 11, 2022, Gaohe has delivered a total of 5,142 vehicles; In November 2023, HiPhi announced that it would sell 1,606 units of the Hiphi Y model in October.
The current development trend of both parties involved is not optimistic. On the first day of the Year of the Dragon (February 18), Gaohe Automobile announced that it would suspend production for 6 months. On the same day, Gaohe Automobile announced internally that the company had fully entered the stage of shutdown and production, the time was to be determined for 6 months, the factory was not allowed to enter, and the salary in January was postponed to the end of February. The current stock price of Faraday Future has already fallen below $1, as of the early morning of the 5th Beijing time, the U.S. stock Faraday Future reported 0$184, down 707%。(Zhongxin Jingwei app).
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