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Tesla has a head start on serious automotive EV technology, and as a result, has: https://patents.google.com/?assignee=Tesla+Inc https://patents.google.com/?ass

by SEJeff 8y ago

Tesla has a head start on serious automotive EV technology, and as a result, has: https://patents.google.com/?assignee=Tesla+Inc https://patents.google.com/?assignee=Tesla+Inc No matter what happens, anyone wanting to build serious EVs will at some point be licensing patents, especially the stuff they do which really is cutting edge around their battery packs.

threeseed 8y ago
Head start is no guarantee of success. History is full of examples of this to be the case. Has Apple ever had a head start on any industry ?
- SEJeff 8y ago
  My point is that they have a lot of patents around this tech in actual real EVs. Other competitors would have to license it from Tesla.
  - lttlrck 8y ago
    Has Tesla reneged on the "open patents"? https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
    - SEJeff 8y ago
      Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology. Define: Good Faith
- kamaal 8y ago
  >>Has Apple ever had a head start on any industry ? No, and that is also why the iPhone is so expensive. Almost everything in the iPhone has Apple paying some licensing fees to Qualcomm. Late entry is not free.