Tesla allows everyone to use the electric vehicle patent

In an effort to promote the creativity of the community, electric vehicle company Tesla Motor has announced that it allows everyone to use its technology for manufacturing electric vehicles, including rivals. Tesla's competition. In a post on Tesla's blog, CEO Elon Musk has officially stated that the company will never sue individuals and organizations that use its technology for "good purposes".

According to analysts' comments, Musk's surprise decision given before the development of electric vehicle technology is quite limited and the number of electric cars sold has not surpassed sales of car firms. big world. Musk believes that it is the patent system that suppresses innovation and is only a tool for strengthening larger corporations rather than promoting individuals to invent new ones.

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In the post on Tesla's blog, Musk shares: "Tesla Motors has spurred the advent of superior transportation. If we clean a road and create complete electric cars, but then use intellectual property to prevent those who come after inheriting and continue to develop, it is like a job that goes against the original criteria set by ourselves. "

In addition, Musk also stated that Tesla would not consider electric vehicle production a competition anymore. Instead, the company will focus on millions of products sold in the market. Allowing everyone to use Tesla's patent and in spite of the possibility of falling into the situation of "sticking his back". But this could promote faster electric vehicle technology and draw a brighter outlook for the electric vehicle industry in the future.

Musk added: "When Tesla was founded, we were forced to register our patents to prevent major automakers from copying our technology and then using it to produce and sell. goods and marketing to crush Tesla, however, we cannot continue like that.

After the announcement of Tesla's stance on how to exploit patents, Musk helped create a "open source" movement for the technology community. In fact, many other major companies have also begun to implement. Twitter has claimed that it will only use patents to defend, not as an attack tool. And Google also takes the next step, albeit small but also in the same direction. According to some judgments, the move may draw a brighter perspective to promote the birth of many other initiatives and fulfill a noble purpose rather than improving people's lives instead of just being alone. purely seeking revenue for large corporations.