Tesla wants to get the petrol car out of the history stage faster.

Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, announced today through a company blog that Tesla will open patents on electric cars to speed up the development of the electric car industry.

Yesterday, Tesla's patents were also contained in the headquarters of the Palo Alto, which is no longer present. Inspired by the open source movement, Tesla will tear down the wall and promote the development of electric vehicles.

There are deep business considerations behind this laudable policy.

Open patent can not only attract more enterprises to participate in the electric vehicle industry, but also conducive to the establishment of common standards of electric vehicles. Both of these can greatly facilitate the construction of capital-intensive infrastructure such as service centers and charging stations.

Musk said in a statement:

Tesla wants to promote sustainable transportation. It is not in our vision to develop advanced technologies and to restrict the development of others with intellectual property.

We believe that Tesla, other electric vehicle companies and the world as a whole will benefit from a common, fast-growing technology platform.

Musk that Tesla's real rivals were not those not Tesla electric cars, but the daily production of petrol vehicles on the production lines. Tesla's lead is not a patent decision, but a company's ability to attract talent, and the Tesla system further strengthens this capability through open source ideas.