The owner of patents from a defunct Israeli start-up once seen as a pioneer in the development of electric vehicle infrastructure has accused Chinese carmaker Nio of infringing its intellectual property and demanded $250mn.
源自一家曾被视作电动汽车基础设施研发先驱、目前已倒闭的以色列初创公司的专利的所有人指控中国汽车制造商蔚来(Nio)侵犯其知识产权，并索要2.5亿美元。
Charge Peak, a British Virgin Islands-registered entity controlled by Canadian businessman Larry Krauss, on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist letter over three European patents covering battery-swap technology that it acquired after the collapse of EV group Better Place in 2013.
在英属维尔京群岛注册、由加拿大商人拉里•克劳斯(Larry Krauss)控制的实体Charge Peak于周二发出了与三项欧洲专利相关的停止侵权警告函，这些专利涉及该实体在电动汽车集团Better Place于2013年倒闭后获得的电池更换技术。
Better Place, set up in 2007, was an Israeli company that sought to revolutionise the car industry and reduce reliance on fossil fuels by developing networks of charging and battery-swapping stations.
Better Place是一家以色列公司，成立于2007年，其宗旨是通过开发充换电站网络，在汽车行业掀起革命性变化，以减少对化石燃料的依赖。