"Our true competition is not the small trickle of non-Tesla electric cars being produced, but rather the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the world’s factories every day.
"We believe that Tesla, other companies making electric cars, and the world would all benefit from a common, rapidly-evolving technology platform. ...
"We believe that applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla's position in this regard."
Tesla blog post, June 12, 2014