Share the QR code with wechat scanning code < / P > < p > to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > on October 4, according to foreign media reports, Tesla and rival electric pickup truck manufacturer rivian & nbsp; The trade secret dispute between automotive has further escalated. Tesla accused the electric pickup truck manufacturer of constantly plundering its employees and stealing its "highly proprietary" battery technology < p > Tesla said that the lawsuit it filed against rivian 14 months ago did not stop the electric pickup start-up company from sneaking into its employees and stealing its intellectual property rights. According to a document submitted to the court last month, rivian's behavior included that a stolen Tesla employee was arrested "on the spot" when stealing the core technology of Tesla's next-generation electric vehicle battery this summer. Tesla said the technology is "the most important element of any electric vehicle" < p > Tesla said, "rivian has not launched a commercial electric vehicle product for more than a decade. Now the company is obviously facing pressure from investors, so the company has strengthened its efforts to commit illegal acts." < / P > < p > rivian did not immediately respond to the request for comment from the media < p > despite the lack of market competitive products, rivian is planning an initial public offering (IPO). According to media reports in August, the company, headquartered in Irvine, California, sought a valuation of about $80 billion through an IPO < p > last week, a judge of the California federal district court in San Jose allowed Tesla to add new charges and add three other former employees as defendants in the ongoing Tesla lawsuit against rivian. Rivian has objected to Tesla's allegations, saying that these allegations have no factual basis, and expanding the scope of litigation will delay the final settlement of the lawsuit between the two companies. As early as March this year, rivian made an initial request to dismiss Tesla's allegations, but this request was rejected by the court < p > < p > in his ruling on September 28, judge Peter Manoukian of the California High Court held that it is effective to expand the scope of litigation at this time, but the defendant raised the argument that Tesla has no credible facts to support the theft of its confidential battery technology, which is the problem < p > rivian said that Tesla has been vague and deliberately delayed since it first filed a lawsuit against it in July 2020. It is unclear about the alleged theft of trade secrets and data information < p > rivian said in a document, "Tesla has provided few details about the so-called stolen trade secrets, so that rivian cannot determine what intellectual property Tesla claims, let alone whether Tesla claims is protected secret information." (Tianmen Mountain)