^ If Elson Musk hoarded cash, he wouldn't be giving away these patents. He would continue to employ lawyers to fight endlessly for them. He wouldn't employ factory workers to build the cars in the USA, he would outsource everything offshore. He wouldn't be looking at investing even more money in building a battery plant in the USA. Again, he could easily outsource at cheaper costs.
I do think that opening up these patents is a shrewd business move to bring others up towards Tesla's level and increase the innovation industry wide. His company is still very small compared to the R&D that is possible at the majors. It should be interesting to see how they use this information.
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