Quote Originally Posted by longway
They would make far more money using being the first with competitive electric car tech. It could be patented and be worth trillions.
Quote Originally Posted by longway
If you held the patent for a viable electric car, it would be worth far more than the profits from an oil company.

Elon Musk has been pouring money into this tech, he has not gotten there yet, he is not even having his tech patented, its all out there for anyone to copy or improve upon
Patents specifically and IP law generally.

Just two more things to add to the list of things that longway talks about but doesn't actually understand.