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Desperate Toyota does a Tesla
Let go to take control. That’s what Elon Musk did with the patents on his Tesla brand of electric cars. That’s what Toyota has done now with its patents on fuel-cells, releasing 5,680 licenses for royalty-free use at the Consumer Electronics … Continue reading
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Tagged CES Las Vegas, distributed energy resources, Elon Musk, fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen economy, Hyundai ix35, Tesla Motors, Toyota Mirai
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Elon Musk’s altruism powertrain is just good business
In 1907, the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla sold all his patents to Westinghouse, Inc., for a heavily discounted $216,000, including one for alternating current. In 1943, he died penniless. In 2014, another Tesla has given away its patents but signs … Continue reading
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Tagged battery swapping, Beter Place, Big Cars, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, lithium-ion battery cells, patents, Shai Agassi, Tesla Motors
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