With respect to Elon, its because much of Tesla cars is not its own invention, so cannot be subject to intellectual protection. Batteries, technology for EV's is decades old. Perhaps the self driving software is theirs, but then I wouldn't want to claim that!
Hypocritical for someone who plays the market which in the UK could potentially be considered insider trading or where Tesla which claims a profit, but where does that profit come from? Bitcoin and charges paid by the big auto companies that manufacture ICE's and that will cease as they produce their own EV's.
Apple produces profit on its own merits and where many of Elons ventures receive absolutely extraordinary subsidies and grants wherever they go.
Nothing to stop Elon having his own Tesla App Store, but there is not much call for Self Driving software that has proved so unreliable and of course if he allows ANY app on to his store, good luck with that.
Perhaps an App that automatically dials the fire brigade and emergency services?
On a more serious note, Elon is in my opinion very over rated as the futuristic guru, because much of it was done by other people and some of it aeons ago. The hyper tunnel, EV's, etc. etc., were not a product of Musk's mind.
For example the pneumatic transportation was invented by William Murdoch around 1799! Otto von Guerick demonstrated artificial vacuum in 1669 and the first railway, The Atmospheric Railway was built by George Medhurst in 1830s as a result of Guerick's work, and was a transport system relying on air pressure transporting via cast iron pipes and in 1812 it carried passengers.
French physicist Gaston Plane invented the rechargeable battery in 1859, and the first production electric vehicle was produced by Thomas Parker in London, 1884.
Tesla originally used batteries via Panasonic and the latest battery known as the 'million mile' battery is a joint development with a Chinese company.
The first battery powered electric motor was by Thomas Davenport, 1834, and even the latest genre of electric motors owes its heritage to companies and inventors other than Tesla.
Old sayings attributed to Mark Twain/Abraham Lincoln: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt." "It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt."
Hypocritical for someone who plays the market which in the UK could potentially be considered insider trading or where Tesla which claims a profit, but where does that profit come from? Bitcoin and charges paid by the big auto companies that manufacture ICE's and that will cease as they produce their own EV's.
Apple produces profit on its own merits and where many of Elons ventures receive absolutely extraordinary subsidies and grants wherever they go.
Nothing to stop Elon having his own Tesla App Store, but there is not much call for Self Driving software that has proved so unreliable and of course if he allows ANY app on to his store, good luck with that.
Perhaps an App that automatically dials the fire brigade and emergency services?
On a more serious note, Elon is in my opinion very over rated as the futuristic guru, because much of it was done by other people and some of it aeons ago. The hyper tunnel, EV's, etc. etc., were not a product of Musk's mind.
For example the pneumatic transportation was invented by William Murdoch around 1799! Otto von Guerick demonstrated artificial vacuum in 1669 and the first railway, The Atmospheric Railway was built by George Medhurst in 1830s as a result of Guerick's work, and was a transport system relying on air pressure transporting via cast iron pipes and in 1812 it carried passengers.
French physicist Gaston Plane invented the rechargeable battery in 1859, and the first production electric vehicle was produced by Thomas Parker in London, 1884.
Tesla originally used batteries via Panasonic and the latest battery known as the 'million mile' battery is a joint development with a Chinese company.
The first battery powered electric motor was by Thomas Davenport, 1834, and even the latest genre of electric motors owes its heritage to companies and inventors other than Tesla.
Old sayings attributed to Mark Twain/Abraham Lincoln: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt." "It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt."
