Elon Musk tears up Tesla patents in bid to drive electric car adoption

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Billionaire says competition comes from 'enormous flood of gasoline cars', not other manufacturers' zero emission vehicles

Elon Musk is willing to give away the patents behind his Tesla electric car technology in a bid to boost the wider market for zero-emissions vehicles. In a blog post, Musk said the company's technology...

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