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by Caddickbrown 905 days ago
Did Tesla not release all of their patents a few years back? Can people not just… use the stuff?
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GuB-42 905 days ago
It came with a lot of strings attached. For instance, in order to use Tesla patents a company cannot attack Tesla for any intellectual property matter. Also, Tesla still makes use of trade secrets and its design patents are not released.

Which is the reason why about no one took on the offer, it is a legal minefield for not that much value. NACS became a thing only after they truly released the standard.

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heyoni 905 days ago
What was missing from NACS? Design schematics or something? Until now I was under the impression that their patent release was a noble gesture.
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akouri 905 days ago
The patents for the NACS connector were open sourced. We are utilizing that for our charger hub/connector.

The communication and payment protocol is still proprietary.

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