Elon Musk Hints at Making Tesla Tech Open to Other Carmakers

In his global campaign to simultaneously raise the fortunes of Tesla as well as make the electric vehicles the norm, Elon Musk has now indicated that he may make the usage of his company's patented technology open to competitors.

A strong indication of Musk's plans came during his presentation at last week's Tesla shareholder meeting at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.

Responding to an audience suggestion of opening Tesla's Supercharger network to other automakers as a means to accelerate electric vehicle adoption around the world, Musk seemed to already have a few ideas in mind for such a move in the future. Read more...