What Elon did isn't new. He vertically integrated the market, not just production. He doesn't have to corner the market on EV, he cornered it on the component production. The first vertical integration concepts came from Rockefeller and standard oil. He financed steel for railroads to move his oil, he financed companies that built lanterns amd other oil using platforms. He financed laboratories to come up with petroleum based products, farming, plastics etc. He financed wars for the same reason. Elon understands this, Elon also centered on the energy production of EVs same as Rockefeller on petrol. Elon has solar roofs, solar panels, batteries for storage, mines for lithium, labs for discovery of ways to make more efficient batteries. Ironically, space ex rockets will never be electric but his satellites will benefit. Elon used an old idea in a new way.
What Elon did isn't new. He vertically integrated the market, not just production. He doesn't have to corner the market on EV, he cornered it on the component production. The first vertical integration concepts came from Rockefeller and standard oil. He financed steel for railroads to move his oil, he financed companies that built lanterns amd other oil using platforms. He financed laboratories to come up with petroleum based products, farming, plastics etc. He financed wars for the same reason. Elon understands this, Elon also centered on the energy production of EVs same as Rockefeller on petrol. Elon has solar roofs, solar panels, batteries for storage, mines for lithium, labs for discovery of ways to make more efficient batteries. Ironically, space ex rockets will never be electric but his satellites will benefit. Elon used an old idea in a new way.