Espionage

Automakers grapple with rising tide of industrial espionage

12:01 am U.S. ET | Sept. 30, 2012
The rate of industrial espionage activities in the auto industry and the United States as a whole is on the rise, according to government data -- with Toyota, Ford and General Motors all on the receiving end of the trend in recent years.... Read More »

 

Former Renault COO Pelata joins U.S. software firm

Sept. 11, 2012 06:01 CET
Patrick Pelata, the longtime associate of Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn who stepped down as Renault's COO in 2011 after a botched corporate espionage investigation, has accepted a new job in the United States.... Read More »

 

NICK GIBBS

Bo Andersson, Patrick Pelata and other Opel CEO possibilities

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 25, 2012
So who's going to be the next head of GM's troubled Opel/Vauxhall? The list of candidates should include ex-GM procurement boss Bo Andersson, former Renault No. 2 Patrick Pelata and Jean-Marc Gales, who was second in command at PSA.... Read More »

 

NICK GIBBS

Bo Andersson, Patrick Pelata and other Opel CEO possibilities

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 25, 2012
So who's going to be the next head of GM's troubled Opel/Vauxhall? The list of candidates should include ex-GM procurement boss Bo Andersson, former Renault No. 2 Patrick Pelata and Jean-Marc Gales, who was second in command at PSA.... Read More »

 

Pelata says he's leaving Renault after 'no job in sight' at automaker

July 20, 2012 14:24 CET
Patrick Pelata, who stepped down from his post as Renault's chief operating officer in 2011 following a botched espionage investigation, says he's leaving the carmaker because he wasn't given enough responsibilities.... Read More »

 

Renault's Pelata quits 15 months after botched espionage probe

July 19, 2012 11:46 CET
Patrick Pelata, who stepped down as Renault's COO more than a year ago after a botched espionage investigation, will leave the company next month. Pelata, 56, is scheduled to depart effective Aug. 16 to pursue opportunities outside the Renault-Nissan alliance.... Read More »