It does seem like it, but it really only seems like it. To be sure, the technologies used in the propulsion system of a battery electric vehicle are very diffe

It does seem like it, but it really only seems like it. To be sure, the technologies used in the propulsion system of a battery electric vehicle are very different from the technologies of an internal combustion engine drive train; however the electric propulsion system is basically a straight replacement of the ICE drivetrain. The vehicle still performs the same job, in basically the same way. A new Core Technology would be self-driving cars, or a completely automated manufacturing plant - both things that Tesla may have in the future