Also Tesla, while successful as a business, cannot really be describe as a champion of innovation. Electric cars did exist before and would have developed anyw

Also Tesla, while successful as a business, cannot really be describe as a champion of innovation. Electric cars did exist before and would have developed anyway because of stricter and stricter emissions laws even if Tesla never happened. What they did great was targetting the über riches instead of trying to sell inexpensive EVs for urban dwellers first. But that is more market research than innovation.