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The DeLorean Alpha5 EV is the next generation of the DMC-12, bringing a modern take on the electric vehicle that rocked the world with its first introduction a few months ago. However, the vehicle is not yet available to everyone and is already facing significant lawsuits against its existence from an electric vehicle startup company called Karma.
Karma claims that DeLorean Motors Reimagined allegedly stole trade secrets from them that led to the creation of the Alpha5.
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DeLorean lawsuit: Karma claims trade secrets were stolen
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DeLorean Motors Reimagined, the Texas-based company that owns the rights to DeLorean Motors Company (DMC), is now facing legal action from an electric vehicle startup called Karma over its new Alpha5 car.
Karma takes on four employees of the company, including CEO Jost de Vries, COO Alan Yuan, VP Neilo Harris and CMO Troy Beetz, for allegedly stealing trade secrets from her original deals.
According to The Verge, Karma and DeLorean Motors Reimagined were in talks in 2020 about an envisioned electric vehicle that would bring the DMC-12 relaunch to the modern world.
The lawsuit said the new DeLorean electric car came from his original deals, and when the company withdrew, the Alpha5 was made based on their ideas without them in the picture.
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DeLorean Motors Reimagined vs. Karma
However, according to CEO Jost De Vries (according to Automotive News), Karma’s partnership with DMC is long over because the startup didn’t live up to the expectations they had for the new car. The CEO claims that DeLorean Motors Reimagined is a unique organization with the new Alpha5 electric vehicle.
This new electric vehicle from DeLorean also differs from the original “low volume replica project” from its initial talks.
DeLorean electric car: modern DMC-12
The DMC-12 is one of the most iconic vehicles in world history, especially since it was the main vehicle in the famous trilogy known as Back to the Future directed by Robert Zemeckis. One of the most notable elements of the film is the car’s transformation into a time travel device when it reaches 88 miles per hour, the device’s preferred speed to start.
At the time, reaching 88 mph in a car was already a huge, but certainly a dangerous feat.
While other pop culture cues and brand names have also been introduced to the public, such as Nike’s auto-lacing sneakers, the HyperAdapt 1.0, the DMC-12 is still a prized possession for modern collectors around the world.
However, the company has overcome many of the obstacles it has faced in the past, especially in the early 1980s when John DeLorean first introduced a sports car. There have been purported releases to reinvent the brand in the past year, with 2022 being the year it finally released a vehicle that now runs on clean energy.
However, he faces a lawsuit for allegedly stealing trade secrets from another company to build the new Alpha5 electric car.
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