http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/19/mission-motorcycles-apple-poaching/ E-bike company blames Apple poaching for its demise blogger-avatar by Steve Dent | Oct 19, 2015
[images http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/fdabeec095e1883987f889fe65c0c58d/202642160/missionbike2.jpg (e-motorcycle) ] When promising EV company Mission Motorcycles went bankrupt last month, it said that "we have not earned any cash (or) revenue of any kind." However, it's now putting part of the blame on Apple, claiming that it poached several of its top engineers at a critical time. Mission told Reuters that an investor withdrew crucial funding after two of its key engineers left for Apple, and the company ran out of cash shortly afterwards. "Mission had a great group of of engineers... Apple knew that -- they wanted it, and they went and got it," said CEO Derek Kaufman. Apple has never acknowledged that it's even working on an electric car, though it reportedly hired engineers away from established automakers. Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently chided the company for the practice, saying that "they have hired people we've fired." That said, Mission admitted that it failed to find stable investors like rival Zero Motorcycles, despite developing a pair of good-looking, high-performance E-bikes. And it was clearly having troubles well before it went bankrupt, as it sued one of its co-founders and delayed production numerous times. [© engadget.com] http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/19/apple-poaching-electric-vehicle-engineers-contributed-to-mission-motorcycles-bankruptcy-says-ceo/ Apple poaching electric vehicle engineers contributed to Mission Motorcycles’ bankruptcy says CEO Fred Lambert - 2015/10/19 ... http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/19/us-apple-motorcycle-idUSKCN0SD0ND20151019# Apple's auto ambitions sideswipe electric motorcycle startup Oct 19, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO | By Julia Love ... Some close to Mission Motors said it had reached a point of no return by last fall, when departures to Apple, and other companies, accelerated after a long struggle to find funding and a sound business model ... ... http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/apple-car-poaching-killed-electric-motorcycle-start-up-says-ceo Apple Car poaching killed electric motorcycle start-up, says CEO by Sean Keach 19 October 2015 ... http://www.jewocity.com/blog/electric-motorcycle-startup-mission-motors-ceases-operations-after-losing/108151 Electric Motorcycle Startup Mission Motors Ceases Operations After Losing By Emily Henderson on Oct 19, 2015 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-CEO-sez-Apple-poaching-Killed-SF-s-Mission-Motors-e-motorcycle-tp4678230.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
