Ford is opening up its electric vehicle patents to competitors — for a fee

Tesla made quite a splash last year when it announced that it was opening up all of its patents to competitors for free. Ford is now doing the same with its own electric vehicle (EV) patents — for a cost.

Ford announced this week that it will be licensing its patents through the AutoHarvest Foundation, a nonprofit that allows the auto industry to trade intellectual property amongst itself

A Ford representative told Automotive News that licensing will cost somewhere between hundreds to thousands of dollars, depending on the patent.