Elon Musk is worth $13 billion. Tesla Motors is worth $19 billion (roughly half of Nissan). Both are household names. You read about their exploits in these pag

Elon Musk is worth $13 billion. Tesla Motors is worth $19 billion (roughly half of Nissan). Both are household names. You read about their exploits in these pages, and in publications such as the New York Times or Wall Street Journal, as a matter of routine. QED And sure, you don't expect the Mom and Pop family-owned shop down the street to spring up to compete with Tesla like you might expect a local bakery to compete with General Mills, but you do expect Tesla to have some competition in areas like the labor market.