I think "somewhat success" is a vast understatement as they're outselling all competing vehicles. That would be impressive for a new ICE manufacturer, but to ha

I think "somewhat success" is a vast understatement as they're outselling all competing vehicles. That would be impressive for a new ICE manufacturer, but to have successfully created the technical and team infrastructure to make this possible is astonishing-- the service stations across the nation, a massive supercharging network, home delivery service nationally, etc. I personally do believe their success is assured-- their success thus far combined with Elon's past and simultaneous other accomplishments seem to me as the very definition of ironclad evidence that this man achieves what he sets out to do. I just can't picture headlines in 5 years reading "How the man who landed the first rockets failed the auto industry." It just seems far-fetched. And I don't think the market is as vastly different as you believe. At both levels you have people with money who want something shiny. And there are more people with $40k than there are people with $90k. Time will tell.