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https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190016231A1/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US20190016231A1/en https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/revealed-r

• willy_k 3y ago
  The patent describes an “Electric Vehicle With Modular Removable Auxiliary Battery With Integrated Cooling”.
  • Kirby64 3y ago
    You need to read the claims. This patent could easily be circumvented, for instance, by making it a non-removable battery (i.e., it's installed afterwards but 'cannot' be removed...). There's probably other workarounds or loopholes but this patent seems relatively weak. I doubt Tesla will have any issues here.
    • willy_k 3y ago
      The sole purpose of my comment was to state in a comment the information from the link that’s relevant to this discussion, which is what the new part of the patent, which I understand to be the cooling system. I know nothing about patent law.
    • DoesntMatter22 3y ago
      It doesn't even matter if tesla did. This is a nothing burger even if it's true. Rivian uses numerous patents from Tesla and the cost of using those patents is a mutually assured agreement to not sue if Tesla then uses your patents. So even if Tesla used it, it's going to be be free to use