Two men have been accused of using stolen Tesla trade secrets to establish their own Chinese-based competitor, reports say

• Two men have been accused of stealing trade secrets from a leading US EV company.
• Prosecutors did not name the EV company but multiple reports identified the company as Tesla.
• The case centers around the technology used to manufacture batteries for electric cars.

Two men have been accused of conspiring to share trade secrets belonging to a leading US EV company.

Federal prosecutors did not name the EV company, referring to it only as "victim company-1," but The New York Times and other publications identified the company as Elon Musk's Tesla.