Musk often appears as a subversive.
Musk showed his competitors that they can boldly use Tesla's technology without worrying about litigation. Regarding the reasons for opening patents, Musk said that "the practice of opening patents is actually beneficial to Tesla and the electric vehicle industry".
Second, there are benefits behind opening up.
This practice of Tesla is also a self-interested business move: either let Tesla by going up one flight of stairs through high-risk and high-return bets; Either our current weak lead is gradually weakened.
Under the influence of current automobile industry norms, automobile manufacturers are independently developing battery and power transmission technology. A senior expert of Batten Patent Baba said that this model made the progress of battery and power transmission technology slow, and became a "short board" for the development of electric vehicle industry. * * * Enjoying Tesla's patents will encourage other car companies to adopt the same standards. If other companies also start to build charging stations compatible with Tesla cars, it will be able to invest less money in small companies and achieve greater development.
Third, the opening itself has problems.
Including Toyota and Mercedes-Benz? Automakers such as Mercedes-Benz have invested in Tesla in exchange for the company's technology.
Tesla's description of technology enjoyment is also very vague. For example, Musk said that if competitors use patents in "good faith", they will not sue them. In other words, Tesla's patent opening is not unconditional. For more questions about patent application, please go to Baten Patent Baba for consultation.