Tesla removes EV patents in bid to open up market

• Autores: Siobhan Lismore-Scott, Laura Syrett
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 562, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Julio)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • "Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport," Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk, said on announcing the move in June.

    The patents were originally created "out of concern that the big car companies would copy our technology," Musk said, adding that "the unfortunate reality is the opposite: electric car programmes (or programmes for any vehicle that doesn't burn hydrocarbons) at the major manufacturers are small to non-existent, constituting an average of far less than 1% of their total vehicle sales." "We are seeing the growth for EVs - if it takes off - to take off post 2015. And it's a bit slower than what most companies would have said one or two years ago," CEO Pierre Brondeau said at the time, adding that "there is no significant change or increase in pace in this market today".