### Comment:
Nah, it’s a pretty ballsy move to make if you didn’t have certain guarantees in place. It’s not like this guy was strapped for cash, he was making big money at Tesla.  
  
 Either the Chinese company approached him when he was already working there or he was planted.

### REPLY:
The prior, according to what we know. Xpeng smelled a juicy trade secret and reached out to him. 
  
 &amp;#x200B; 
  
 He's now the head of their self-driving division btw, but he didn't use the files, honest guvnah!

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