# Would the EV sector crash and burn if Tesla failed?

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/would-the-ev-sector-crash-and-burn-if-tesla-failed/6514>\
**Category:** Tesla Electric Car Forum\
**Created:** [December 4, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/would-the-ev-sector-crash-and-burn-if-tesla-failed/6514 "2016-12-04T09:40:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cleanenergy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Cleanenergy](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Cleanenergy)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/would-the-ev-sector-crash-and-burn-if-tesla-failed/6514/5 "2016-12-24T00:51:47Z")

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It was interesting to see that Tesla recently opened up all/some of the company’s patents to other third parties. So even if the company did go “pop” these Tesla patents would still be out there and available to anyone.

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