In most cases, automakers are careful to keep the technology they create secret from potential competitors. Everything related to unique selling propositions (USPs), which allow you to gain advantages over competitors, is reliably protected from prying eyes.
Online sources report that Toyota is willing to share thousands of its own patents in the field of development of electric vehicles for free. This means that any company planning to produce electric or hybrid vehicles can use Toyota technologies for free. The company is also ready to help sort out the drawings and patent documentation, but you will have to pay for this service.
Note that Toyota is ready to provide access to 23 patents that have been registered over the past decades of hybrid technology development. Among other things, in the documentation you can find technologies to speed up the production and implementation of cars equipped with electric and hybrid power plants.
Representatives of the company note that recently the number of requests received by the manufacturer regarding the electrification of cars has increased significantly. The requests come from companies that recognize the importance and significance of promoting hybrid and electric vehicles. All this prompted Toyota to offer cooperation to everyone. The company notes that if the number of electric vehicles in use around the world increases significantly in the next decade, then Toyota wants to become one of the participants providing support for this process.
Source: 3dnews.ru