I got the impression that much of developing Teslas was doing things nobody dared to do before, and the screen probably wasn't the only non-standard thing Musk

I got the impression that much of developing Teslas was doing things nobody dared to do before, and the screen probably wasn't the only non-standard thing Musk had to extract from the industry with bare hands, even if the industry was telling Tesla not to. There wouldn't necessarily be a Tesla if all they ever chose to pick was standard automotive grade parts from stock.