This is becoming quite the trend… Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple employee, recently plead guilty in a San Jose court to stealing trade secrets about the Apple Car program. According to a report from Fortune, Zhang was apprehended at San Jose airport on his way to China. His intent was to go work for Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors Technology, also called Xpeng, a Chinese EV startup financially backed by Amazon competitor Alibaba. Watch the latest Motorious Podcast here. This legal case does reveal the Apple Car project is still alive and well. Zhang worked on designing and testing circuit boards for…