GM had inventory >> demand, Tesla has demand >> inventory. Durant micro-managed; Musk both has obvious tendencies there, but also just broadcast a memo directin

GM had inventory >> demand, Tesla has demand >> inventory. Durant micro-managed; Musk both has obvious tendencies there, but also just broadcast a memo directing employees communicate directly, without going up and down a chain of command. And, as noted in other comments, Musk took over the company from its founders — like Sloan, and unlike Durant. There’s ingredients here for a Tesla:GM and Musk:Durant story, or for its opposite. To make the argument compelling, I’d want a justification for including only the similarities while omitting these differences. Without this, the comparison seems ad hoc.