%s/Mark Zuckerberg/Elon Musk/g 10 years ago, an electric car company would sound like objectively the worse idea to many. Tesla was founded in 2003, the same

%s/Mark Zuckerberg/Elon Musk/g 10 years ago, an electric car company would sound like objectively the worse idea to many. Tesla was founded in 2003, the same year that General Motors officially cancelled its EV1 program. Toyota stopped selling its Rav 4 EV. Honda had long since ceased production of the EV Plus. If 3 of the largest car companies in the world tried and failed to make a profitable electric car, what hope did a newcomer with no automaking experience have?