Ever wanted your own Tesla, but didn't have the thousands of dollars to order one? The automaker could soon make your dream possible by providing the patents to anyone who wants to make their own Tesla-based EV.
Autoblog Green reports CEO Elon Musk is considering making the patents to his EV tech freely available for anyone to use as a way to expand the EV market. Musk remarked during the United Kingdom market introduction of the RHD Model S that he didn't just "want to cut a path through the jungle" only to lay out mines behind him, but did want "to write something so that [he could] articulate it properly and explain the reasoning for the decision" prior to freeing up the patents.
As for when such an announcement would occur, Tesla had "nothing further at this point" to say. Musk has freely distributed technology in the past to any and all interested parties, including the automaker's Supercharger, and the Hyperloop rapid transit system.
from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA
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