I agree with the OP but to answer
you took the hate out of the equation in your question and then reasked it
so of course you're gonna get a weird convoluted answer ... its like saying "Harvey Weinstein rape accusations aside, whats wrong with the movies he produced... just the movies?"
Tesla is great for now, because its time for all that
electric cars been around and been known to be faster and more efficient forever
he was just chosen as the figurehead for the movement at the right time and place with wealth
amazon is the same concept... people been doing what they did decades before
they just came bigger at the right time and expanded it way beyond normal
before you had more people eating off processing, shipping, delivery etc
all they did was invest in their own warehouses and shipping and cut out the middle men
but nothing they did was done first its all old shyt polished and monopolized better
Nine Early Electric Cars From The 1990s That We Forgot About @ Top Speed
plus you got the advancement in batteries ... on a smaller level you can apply this entire concept to lawncare. I can plug a battery into my chainsaw, drill, trimmer, mower and impact gun and run them all in the same day then recharge it in 3 hours
most things in life are money, timing and demand
same reason in the 90s "Ask Jeeves" was bigger than Amazon and Google
some aviation company is waiting in the cut for the perfect time to do the same thing Tesla is doing
at the right time
it could be done now, but its not the right time to blow