Tesla opens up all its patents for fair use to help electric car infrastructure


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Tesla opens up all its patents for fair use to help electric car infrastructure

article published on 13 June, 2014

Yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a bold and strategic plan in which the company opened up all of their closely held patents for fair use, in an effort to boost the fledgling electric car market. This means that anyone who wants to use the technology (in good faith) will not be sued and will likely actually receive assistance from the company. Musk says that corporations that ... [ read the full article ]

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Mrguss

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13. June 2014 @ 15:51

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He maybe the most hated person by the Oil Corporations & the most acclaimed by the general public.

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Clam_Up

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14. June 2014 @ 11:11

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The only thing holding back electric cars now are the batteries. Battery technology has been much slower to advance than just about all other technologies that the electric car is dependent on.

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Pop_Smith

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14. June 2014 @ 16:04

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Originally posted by Clam_Up:
The only thing holding back electric cars now are the batteries. Battery technology has been much slower to advance than just about all other technologies that the electric car is dependent on.

Depending on how they handle the Gigafactories even that won't be a problem in 5-7 years. Battery advancement from the Gigafactories (and Tesla/Panasonic R&D at said place) could result in a leap that renders the ICE obsolete for passenger vehicles just a few years after the factories open.

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Mrguss

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14. June 2014 @ 16:37

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Like Elon Musk say & know:
Even with all the money he have; he feel stuck. Since he don't know the right people who will improve this technology.

As an Open Source:
- The whole tech world have the opportunity to improve what his team haven't done in years.
- An advance of humanity as a whole.

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14. June 2014 @ 22:15

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People with the know how will just make modifications to whatever the Tesla documents show and if there is an improvement, they'll march right into the patent office.

that puts us right back at exactly nothing.

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Jemborg

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14. June 2014 @ 22:41

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Originally posted by DXR88:
People with the know how will just make modifications to whatever the Tesla documents show and if there is an improvement, they'll march right into the patent office.

that puts us right back at exactly nothing.

That would not comply with "fair-use" and would probably invite legal proceedings. They're not giving up their patents. Look... it's worth a go imo.

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Mrguss

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16. June 2014 @ 16:55

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Elon Musk?s radical patent strategy for Tesla is already paying off:
http://qz.com/222006/elon-musks-radical...ady-paying-off/

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