XPost update As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on July 24, 2026. Elon Musk @elonmusk 4:43pm ET Open-sourcing Model S and X designs upends decades of automotive IP protection and could accelerate EV adoption by unlocking designs for competitors. Just as Tesla made the original Roadster design & software open source, we plan to do the same with Model S & X Replies566 Reposts253 Likes2.2K
Elon Musk @elonmusk 4:43pm ET Open-sourcing Model S and X designs upends decades of automotive IP protection and could accelerate EV adoption by unlocking designs for competitors. Just as Tesla made the original Roadster design & software open source, we plan to do the same with Model S & X Replies566 Reposts253 Likes2.2K
Elon Musk @elonmusk 4:43pm ET Open-sourcing Model S and X designs upends decades of automotive IP protection and could accelerate EV adoption by unlocking designs for competitors. Just as Tesla made the original Roadster design & software open source, we plan to do the same with Model S & X Replies566 Reposts253 Likes2.2K