>Are we that enamoured with the aura of Elon Musk that we really believe the major automobile manufacturers, with their hundreds of billions of dollars and ream

>Are we that enamoured with the aura of Elon Musk that we really believe the major automobile manufacturers, with their hundreds of billions of dollars and reams of engineering experience, won't be able to match or surpass what Tesla is doing? YES, A THOUSAND TIMES YES because Tesla seems to be in the process of gettting it. For the same reason Google was able to exist when Apple, Yahoo, and Microsoft when, by your thinking, "with their hundreds of billions of dollars and reams of engineering experience," should have crushed them. Because Google got it It is similar to when Woz was asked how many computers they could sell and his immediate answer was "a million" Surly against IBM and their "their hundreds of billions of dollars and reams of engineering experience" Apple would fail, right? But Woz knew better and when asked how he knew he could sell a million "because there are at least a million ham radio operators" Because he got it! For the same reason that on Slashdot, when the iPod was revealed, the editor's comment was "No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame." Slasdot didn't get it, Apple got it Similarly, Tesla's cars are the first cars I've ever wanted. wanted wanted. I have a car, I use it, it isn't sexy or special to me. I want a Tesla. They aren't there yet, but they're on the path and will "get it."