Founded in 2003, Tesla Motors company only by 2009 was beginning to show signs of profitability.
Existing successes should encourage the company to further capitalization of its developments. Sport Tesla electric cars use special lithium ion battery Panasonic size 18650, which are located in the floor of the car. Tesla connected the design of batteries with their rapid charging technology. So, yesterday the head of Tesla Motors announced that henceforth all patents of competing manufacturers will be available completely free of charge! Moreover, it applies to future developments Tesla, the total number can reach several thousand pieces.
According to Ilona Mask , this approach will accelerate the development of electric car. Tesla Motors expects that other manufacturers will follow the example of the company, and will contribute to the overall body of knowledge. Note that shareholders and long-term partners are Tesla Motors, Daimler and Toyota, which also lead their own development in the field of hybrid and electric vehicles. However, in recent Toyota like the idea of creating a vehicle hydrogen fuel cell and electric vehicles in its pure form have not interested the company due to the limited distance that they can travel on one charge.
Now sales of electric vehicles do not exceed 1% of the number of sold cars on hydrocarbon fuels. Tesla technology major manufacturers will be able to increase the share of electric vehicles in its product range. On the other hand, modest volumes of electric competitors can not harm .