Exclusive | A Trucking Startup Aims to Challenge Tesla. Now, Paychecks Are Missing -- And So Is a Truck

A trucking startup founded to “challenge Tesla” is facing wage-payment allegations after two former employees say they were fired in January. Travis Waite and Harold Keller reportedly refused to help locate a truck until the founder, identified as Han, paid a combined $91,000 in unpaid wages and benefits. According to their claims, the payments still have not been made and the truck remains missing. The brief report notes Han is 36 and has a Stanford master’s degree, but it does not provide additional technical details about the company’s vehicle, timeline, or investors. The situation centers on a dispute between the startup’s leadership and ex-employees over compensation and access to the vehicle.