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…