Palo Alto, CA, USA - June 12, 2014 - At Tesla we felt compelled to create patents out of concern that the big car companies would copy our technology and then use their massive manufacturing, sales and marketing power to overwhelm Tesla. Given that annual new vehicle production is approaching 100 million per year and the global fleet is approximately 2 billion cars, it is impossible for Tesla to build electric cars fast enough to address the carbon crisis. We believe that Tesla, other companies making electric cars, and the world would all benefit from a common, rapidly-evolving technology platform. Technology leadership is not defined by patents, which history has repeatedly shown to be small protection indeed against a determined competitor, but rather by the ability of a company to attract and motivate the world's most talented engineers. We believe that applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla's position in this regard.
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Tesla Model S - Full charge in 90 seconds.
Model S is designed to allow a fast battery swap, exchanging your battery for a fully charged battery in less than half the time it takes to refill a gas tank.
This offers Model S drivers another, even faster option when recharging while driving long distances.
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Palo Alto, CA, USA - June 12, 2014
All Our Patent Are Belong To You
By Elon Musk
CEO, Tesla Motors, Inc
Yesterday, there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of our Palo Alto headquarters.
That is no longer the case.
They have been removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.
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Tesla Model S
„Consumer Reports is calling the Tesla Model S the best car it has ever tested.
The Model S, an all-electric plug-in car, earned a score of 99 out of a possible 100 in the magazine's tests.”
- CNN, May 09, 2013
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Tesla Motors was created to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport.
If we clear a path to the creation of compelling electric vehicles, but then lay intellectual property landmines behind us to inhibit others, we are acting in a manner contrary to that goal.
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Tesla Model X
Model X is designed from the ground up to blend the best of an SUV with the benefits of a minivan, as only an electric car can.
It is an automobile above category, built around the driver.
It artfully provides unfettered performance and brilliant functionality.
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Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.
When I started out with my first company, Zip2, I thought patents were a good thing and worked hard to obtain them.
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Tesla Model X
Third-row access is finally easy. Even with child seats installed, the second-row seats slide all the way forward.
Open Falcon Wings let you stand all the way up as you get in and out.
Kids no longer leap and tumble over the second row, and adults find the third-row seats as accessible as the passenger seat.
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And maybe they were good long ago, but too often these days they serve merely to stifle progress, entrench the positions of giant corporations and enrich those in the legal profession, rather than the actual inventors.
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Tesla Superchargers allow Model S owners to travel for free between cities along well-traveled highways in North America, Europe and Asia.
Superchargers provide half a charge in as little as 20 minutes and are strategically placed to allow owners to drive from station to station with minimal stops.
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After Zip2, when I realized that receiving a patent really just meant that you bought a lottery ticket to a lawsuit, I avoided them whenever possible.
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“Model S: Car of the Year 2014 in Norway”
- Dagbladet, November 26, 2013
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At Tesla, however, we felt compelled to create patents out of concern that the big car companies would copy our technology and then use their massive manufacturing, sales and marketing power to overwhelm Tesla.
We couldn’t have been more wrong.
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Tesla Model S
“Model S voted as the most stylish car of the year 2014 in Switzerland”.
- Blick, December 04, 2013
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The unfortunate reality is the opposite: electric car programs (or programs 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.
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Tesla Model S
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At best, the large automakers are producing electric cars with limited range in limited volume. Some produce no zero emission cars at all.
Given that annual new vehicle production is approaching 100 million per year and the global fleet is approximately 2 billion cars, it is impossible for Tesla to build electric cars fast enough to address the carbon crisis.
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Tesla Model S
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By the same token, it means the market is enormous.
Our true competition is not the small trickle of non-Tesla electric cars being produced, but rather the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the world’s factories every day.
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Tesla Model S
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We believe that Tesla, other companies making electric cars, and the world would all benefit from a common, rapidly-evolving technology platform.
Technology leadership is not defined by patents, which history has repeatedly shown to be small protection indeed against a determined competitor, but rather by the ability of a company to attract and motivate the world’s most talented engineers.
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Tesla Model S interior
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We believe that applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla’s position in this regard.
Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla Motors, Inc
Source: Tesla Motors, Inc
http://www.teslamotors.com/
ASTROMAN Magazine – 2013.12.27
NHTSA Reaffirms Tesla Model S 5-Star Safety Rating In All Categories For Model Year 2014
http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1617
ASTROMAN Magazine - 2012.08.15
Tesla Motors announces Canadian pricing for Model S
http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1298
ASTROMAN Magazine - 2011.12.25
Tesla Motors: With the Model S, our aim was to create the best car in the world, not simply the best electric car
http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=1129
ASTROMAN Magazine - 2010.02.01
Tesla Files S-1 Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering
http://www.astroman.com.pl/index.php?mod=magazine&a=read&id=656
Editor-in-Chief of ASTROMAN magazine: Roman Wojtala, PhD.
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