My point is that "inventing" isn't what I value. What Volvo and Google are doing is what I value. Apple do it too. Companies like Apple, Google, and Volvo were

My point is that "inventing" isn't what I value. What Volvo and Google are doing is what I value. Apple do it too. Companies like Apple, Google, and Volvo were not the first with tablets or autonomous vehicles, but they were the first to adapt such inventions into products that the market can accept. (I am making the assumption that Volvo & Google will produce autonomous vehicles that the market will accept) It's almost like the difference between "having an idea" and "achieving product-market fit".