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> he is launching a battery and powertrain startup in California I'm betting Tesla couldn't pay him enough and he's starting his own shop to sell to the other

• samstave 9y ago
  Plus didn’t Tesla state that all their patents were open source, so there is no IP precluding him from doing such...
  • katastic 9y ago
    How about a non-compete agreement?
    • apendleton 9y ago
      Aren't they invalid in California?
  • apendleton 9y ago
    There might also be trade secrets he'd be precluded from disclosing by an NDA. (No idea if there actually are, but patents wouldn't be the only potential barrier.)
  • foota 9y ago
    Tesla likely has trade secrets that they do not release? And I believe using such in a new company would not be legal (ianal).
  • vkou 9y ago
    Without Tesla publishing a license that explicitly specifies this, you'd be insane to use Tesla's patents in your own product. That's the reason why nobody in the auto industry has taken them up on it. It's not a demonstration of good faith - it was a publicity stunt.
• beat 9y ago
  I doubt it's for the money. I'm sure he made a pretty penny on his stock options, and stood to make more. But he could get yelled at by Elon Musk every day, or he could walk into any VC in Silicon Valley, drop his own name, and have a fat stack of VC cash to gamble on something of his own design.