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Now welcome to the award winning BestofalF podcast with Cubsiday from All In With Chris Hayes,

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Counter-Spin and the Majority Report.

And a note that this episode uses strong, potentially offensive language to refer to climate deniers,

but it's probably still not strong or offensive enough.

Elon Musk has just announced on the company's website that the company is going to be opening up all of its patents for other automakers

and others in the auto industry he used.

It is rare and it is bold.

Tesla is sharing its secrets, opening its patents for the world to see.

We haven't seen this type of move from any automaker.

This is completely unusual when it comes to the auto industry.

Tesla's decision to open up its patents is a perfect example of both the allergy to convention.

This electric car company seems to have and also the tremendous scope of its ambition.

They're not just trying to build a car company.

They are trying to build a whole new industry, one that would mean a shift from today's gas guzzlers

to zero emissions electric vehicles with massive implications for the economy and for the climate.

Tesla is that rarest of success stories, a successful and innovative young American automaker,

with a stock price as exploded over the past five years and astounding $30 billion dollar market valuation

and a claim for selling what Consumer Reports considers the best car you can buy.

I have a chance to sit down with Elon Musk, the visionary behind it all.

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