Of course, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is also Chairman of SolarCity and provided financing for the company many years ago. We first heard about the two companies working together on energy storage ...

The suit alleged that Tesla’s purchase of major installer SolarCity was an attempt to bail out Musk’s cousin’s struggling company, of which Musk was the largest investor and chairman.

Two of the three plaintiffs, Andrew Staples and Robert Ray, began working for Tesla's energy sales division, previously named SolarCity, before it was acquired by the company for $2.6 billion in ...