Tesla could licence its full self-driving technology to other OEMs, according to comments made by CEO Elon Musk during an AI Day presentation, based on Autocar. “Well, it is fundamentally extremely expensive to create the system, so somehow that has to be paid for,” said Musk. “But I should say that, if other car companies want to licence it and use it in their cars, that’d be cool. This is not intended to just be limited to Tesla cars.” (Source: Autocar) Read the original article.
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
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