Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Tesla Motors' CEO Elon Musk may open up a few of his company's patents as a way to spur the electric car market.
At last Sunday's launch of the Tesla Model S, Musk said he'd want to open up the designs for his Supercharger system. If he did that, it would effectively give his competitors a boost in technology and development that they wouldn't have to invest in, themselves.
While it seems counterintuitive for a company to help out its competitors, having more players in the electric car market could actually be good for Tesla.
It would create a standard for technology that uses its own designs, but also drive up demand for electric cars and the infrastructure in them — both of which would help Tesla's own sales. Alan Ohnsman, auto reporter for Bloomberg News, joins Take Two to explain.