Tesla to open all patents: creating "open source vehicles"

Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, announced in Thursday that the company would Ilon Masc an "open source Model" to open all patents and encourage other companies to develop advanced electric vehicles.

Tesla is seen as the leader in today's electric car market and has a strong presence in the battery, electronics and software sectors, with a total of about 200 patents. Musk said the patents would be open to the outside.

"Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against any company that has a bona fide use of our technology," he wrote in his blog. ”

Carter Driscoll, Cartel Driscol senior analyst at MLV & Co, the US investment bank, said that while the move was not radical in the tech industry, it was rare in the auto market.

As Tesla plans to build America's largest small lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant, it is likely to look for other customers in addition to supplying lithium batteries. Driscoll said other clients were signing up to create a market for the "Super Factory" (gigahttp://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/16557.html ">factory").

Musk said he did so because many automakers did not develop long-distance electric cars. Most models are only 100 miles (about 160 kilometers) long after each charge, less than half the longest range of Tesla Model S. He said in a conference call that Tesla started to advertise the first electric car 7 years ago, and he had expected a significant development in electric cars. But until today, electric cars accounted for less than 1% of U.S. car sales.

He said some directors and managers were surprised when he raised the idea. But in the end, they agreed to the plan.

Tesla did not think the move would pose a significant risk. Fast-growing companies, he says, tend to be ahead of their own patents, and attracting top talent is more important.

"KE leadership is not defined by patents, but by the attractiveness of a company to the world's top engineers." "We believe that the idea of open source, rather than weakening Tesla's position, will strengthen our position," Musk wrote. ”

In addition to automobiles, Tesla is building a network of high-speed charging stations. Open patents are also expected to improve the utilization of such facilities.