This is a good point. Sometimes it's hard to remember that the true innovation of Tesla was the battery. Once they had that, they built a car around it (I under

This is a good point. Sometimes it's hard to remember that the true innovation of Tesla was the battery. Once they had that, they built a car around it (I understand this is a massive oversimplification). But SolarCity probably helps Tesla continue it's biggest advantage for the future: the most likely Tesla for X remains Tesla itself. That said, the conflicts of interest and pretty clear move to bail out a failing company still bothers me