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There's been a couple other companies who have done stuff like this. There's a recent example I'm blanking on, but Volvo also gave away a bunch of passenger saf
by hinkley 2y ago
There's been a couple other companies who have done stuff like this. There's a recent example I'm blanking on, but Volvo also gave away a bunch of passenger safety features around IIRC seatbelt design. Even free nobody wanted them.
I recall my dad telling me, while talking about my grandmother's antique car, with bench seats, lap belts and no head rest (!!) that there were a bunch of years where the auto industry put the mount point for shoulder straps onto the B pillars of vehicles but then buried them behind the upholstery while they fought Congress over vehicle safety standards. He was reasonably sure if you popped off the trim you'd find a hardpoint for 3-point seatbelts. Since he had previously worked for an OEM supplier I have no reason to doubt that story.
- amendegree 2y agoTesla made their patents available to increase EV adoption.
- metadat 2y agoTesla's offer comes with substantial strings attached: https://www.vennershipley.com/insights-events/does-teslas-open-source-patent-philosophy-mean-they-are-free-to-use/ https://www.vennershipley.com/insights-events/does-teslas-op... > Tesla’s patents are only free to use if: you do not enforce any right against Tesla, you do not enforce any patent right against another party, you do not oppose Tesla’s patents or copy Tesla’s designs. Such strategic maneuvering is not in the spirit avoid Volvo did for the betterment of all human's safety. > Using Tesla’s technology would essentially make any other company’s own intellectual property rights redundant. On the other hand, Tesla benefits from the arrangement because it appears that Tesla is free to use any improvements made to its technology by another party. This kind of maneuvering is not aligned or even close in any way to what Volvo did with releasing claims of ownership over seatbelts. Tesla is abusing the term "Open Source". More apt might be "Source Available".