Indeed, as Tesla stated when open sourcing their patents [1]:<p>&gt; 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.<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teslamotors.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;all-our-patent-are-belong-you" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.teslamotors.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;all-our-patent-are-belong-yo...</a>