When you put it that way it sounds fairly reasonable. Nonetheless I firmly believe the answer is yes, since the alternative means Musk has failed in his missio

When you put it that way it sounds fairly reasonable. Nonetheless I firmly believe the answer is yes, since the alternative means Musk has failed in his mission to move the world over to electric transport, and I have a hard time picturing him failing in that fashion. I just find it incredibly hard to picture Musk in 2025 during an interview "Yes, we failed with Tesla because...etc etc, achieved an incredible amount of progress in 12 years but ultimately were unable to etc etc" Like, he'd rather be homeless on the street than let the company fail. He'll give up his last penny for it. I know you consider this irrelevant, but I simply don't. His track record is too strong to ignore.