Ex-Tesla boss drops civil suit against the company

As you may recall, Eberhard filed a lawsuit against Tesla and Musk for being defamed by the company, including Musk claiming that the alone – not with the help of Eberhard – was responsible for the founding of the highly-successful electric roadster. IN the lawsuit, Eberhard claimed that Musk “endeavored to take ownership of the idea behind Tesla Motors by denigrating Eberhard’s contributions."

To add insult to injury, Eberhard claims that his Tesla Roadster was damaged before being delivered to him, saying that a Tesla employee smashed the car into the back of a truck during a testing session at the 101 highway.

While we can’t wait for the next chapter of this on-going battle between the two Tesla founders, this rumoured settlement just may have doused the flames of intrigue from getting any bigger.

Now that Eberhard has dropped the suit, both parties can now move forward with their lives, and for the good of the company, that may very well have been the best decision Eberhard and Lusk ever made.