Posts Tagged: Tesla Motors
Innography report pegs Salesforce.com, Tesla as top innovative firms
This list of top innovators put together by Forbes has been further refined by intellectual property analytics firm Innography to take a more objective, data-based approach in …
Tesla battery patents further proof of Elon Musk’s duplicitous views on patents
Like so many other critics of the patent system, Musk seems to despise all patents except for his own. Of course, Musk never said he avoids patents …
The new Elon Musk master plan for Tesla reeks of overconfidence
Elon Musk’s updated master plan reeks of overconfidence. He envisions entire fleets of autonomous Tesla vehicles while missing recent sales targets by thousands of units. He …
Automakers Lead Silicon Valley in Self-Driving Car Development
The patent landscape for self-driving vehicles is also quickly expanding. As of 2013, patent applications related to this technology hit 2,500 per year. That rate is expected to increase. …
Autonomous Cars – Patents and Perspectives
The recent Model 3 announcement by Tesla took the industry by storm and saw Tesla collecting a whopping $276 million in preorders in a matter of days. In focus …
Looking back on 2015, autonomous and electric vehicles dominate car tech headlines
In many ways, 2015 has been the year of the automobile, especially in the tech world. Throughout the course of the year we’ve noted a great deal …
Tech News Roundup: Bezos and Musk Square Off, LED ‘Li-Fi’ Internet and VTech Data Breach
Our latest Tech Round-Up here on IPWatchdog takes a brief glance at many of the stories which have caught our attention in recent days. As he often …
Musk’s Tesla does poor job of avoiding patents, gains 27 this year alone
Musk maintains that he has avoided patents since leaving a business venture in 1999 but we’ve been pointing out how companies in which he holds a large …
In the global race for Electric Vehicle innovation, America tops Japan for first place
When looking specifically at patents that specifically mention “electric vehicles,” it looks as though there are reasons to feel good about America’s place in the world. …
SpaceX Falcon 9 failure is a setback to the private space industry
SpaceX and NASA suffered a serious setback when the unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 craft exploded, rendering its mission to deliver supplies and hardware to ISS a complete failure. …
Open Innovation for the Electric Vehicle Market
Ford and Tesla have offered their patents for licensing in the hope of increasing electric vehicle (EV) adoption and improving the supporting infrastructure. In contrast, Toyota is …
Government subsidies helped Elon Musk attain $13.3 billion net worth
To Musk’s credit, he has not denied that his companies received substantial government assistance, and it seems as though he’s never refuted the amount of …
Tesla unveils energy storage for a sustainable home, retains open source stance on patents
Tesla’s Powerwall batteries will come in two varieties: one a 10 kilowatt-hour (kWh) version for a weekly cycle unit designed for backup applications, the other a 7 kWh …
Toyota Motors One-Ups Tesla, Makes Thousands of Royalty-Free Patents Available
Toyota is attempting to boost collaborative innovation in the field of vehicle fuel cell technologies by opening up thousands of patents for royalty-free use by other automakers. …
Tesla on Patents: Open Source Altruism or Shrewd Business?
Musk has been creating some waves in his role as CEO of Tesla Motors. In a self-authored blog post published on the official Tesla Motors blog, Musk …