Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the Robovan on Thursday.Richard Bord/WireImage via Getty Images; ScreenshotTesla's new Robovan has a Chinese counterpart with the same name.WeRide unveiled its Robovan back in 2021.A separate robotics startup, Starship Technologies, filed a US trademark application for "Robovan" in 2017.Tesla's new Robovan was CEO Elon Musk's novel surprise at the company's "We, Robot" event.But something about it wasn't as novel — its name.WeRide, a Chinese autonomous driving startup, unveiled its own self-driving cargo van in 2021.