Automaker Tesla may be looking to develop electric motors for various vehicles, including planes and boats.
Key Details
- Last week, Tesla filed for a new trademark under the category “not for land vehicles,” Electrek reported.
- The filing would expand Tesla’s current trademark to vehicles other than the current electric cars and trucks.
- The filing includes a trademark on motors for several items, including airplanes, boats, and toys.
- The filing reads: “TESLA™ trademark registration is intended to cover the categories of asynchronous motors not for land vehicles; Motors for airplanes; Motors, namely, synchronous motors not for land vehicles; Permanent magnet motors; Boat motors; Drive system having two or more synchronous motors coupled through clutches to drive a common load; Electric motors for toys; Linear motors.”
Why it’s news
The filing isn’t an announcement of anything new at Tesla, but the filing could hint at plans for the automaker. Electrek points out that the filing specifically indicated that Tesla “intends to use” the trademark on these motors in the future.
Many companies file trademarks preemptively and never end up using the trademark, but Tesla has previously mentioned some of these new products.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has hinted at a possible electric plane before but has always said that the company needs to focus on its current product of ground vehicles. Musk has said that there is a design for a Tesla plane. In 2019, he said that an electric Tesla plane was five years in the future.
One of the delays in eclectic-plane production is the need for more efficient and inexpensive batteries. While battery development is improving, the technology needed for an electric plane isn’t quite ready for commercial use yet.
Tesla has never announced any intention to produce an electric boat, but an electric boat would be nothing new on the market.
Tesla’s trademark filing also mentions linear motors. While these motors can be used in many ways, they are popular for trains.