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Xinhua — Tianjin drops traffic restrictions for Teslas

New energy vehicles (NEV), including Tesla Model S, will be allowed on roads without restrictions starting Friday in Tianjin Municipality, local government said.

Gas-fueled vehicles in the city will still be restricted one out of five weekdays based on their license plate numbers.

The city's government ended the license-plate lottery for NEVs in April and has granted license plates for NEVs directly for all applicants since then.…

China.org.cn
Tianjin drops traffic restrictions for Teslas

Xinhua

Michael McElfresh — Tesla batteries: just the beginning of how technology will transform the electric grid

The spread of cost-effective batteries will fundamentally change the way the electric grid operates. Combined with other innovations, batteries in homes and businesses will transform how people and businesses treat electricity.

Along the way, these batteries will improve the efficiency and reliability of the grid overall.

The Conversation
Tesla batteries: just the beginning of how technology will transform the electric grid
Michael McElfresh | Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University

AFP — Tesla Motors turns all its patents over to the open source movement

Electric carmaker Tesla announced Thursday it was giving up its patents to “the open source movement” to help spur electric vehicle technology.

The unusual move comes with Tesla enjoying huge success, but against a backdrop of multiplying legal squabbles among technology firms over patents.

“All our patents belong to you,” Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said in a blog post.

“Yesterday, there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of our Palo Alto headquarters. That is no longer the case. They have been removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.”

Musk, an entrepreneur who made a fortune with the PayPal online payment service and also heads the space travel firm Space X, said he does not want patents to halt growth of an important environmental technology.

The Raw Story
Tesla Motors turns all its patents over to the open source movement
Agence France-Presse