Recently, it came to light that Tesla would begin building destination Electric Car Chargers that support not only its cars but any electric vehicle currently on the market. At first, this seems counterintuitive: why would Tesla invest in something anyone can use? According to traditional economics, there is a reason Ford doesn’t build free parking lots everywhere, there is a reason Samsung doesn’t provide free cases for any phone, and there is a reason most companies don’t invest in common goods. But with the announcement that Tesla is seemingly throwing that logic out the window, we need to revisit the … Continue reading How Tesla is Upending Conventional Economic Theory