The problem is that the market has been subverted by government regulation making ICE vehicles impossible to produce and perverse tax incentives to foist EVs which are an inferior technology on the American populace.
Under these circumstances the market is not likely to reflect consumer preference.
Yup—Musk is a great poker player in the crooked poker game.
We have never seen him play in a fair game.
I've told this story previously. There was a time in Kalifornia where both State and Federal Solar Power tax incentives were high. There was a Solar Power company a few blocks from my office. They used a former farm facility. There was a large home/office, a very large barn, and a tool shed. They placed the solar company signs on the buildings. There were also a few vans and cars. Within a few days of the end of the tax incentives, there was no trace of the company. All the building signs were gone, and no vehicles. I pity the customers who would no doubt eventually need assistance.
If Kalifornia ever manages to greatly reduce ICE vehicles, it will be most amusing to witness the insanity. Kalifornia refuses to build any more electricity generation. During hot weather 'crisis' times, Kalifornia purchases energy from neighboring States. Kalifornia actually shut down a perfectly good electricity generation plant powered by NG. They placed Tesla and other batteries inside the same buildings, probably to try and fool the masses that electricity was still being generated, created. No word on just how they were charging the batteries
Then, lo and behold, there were battery fires in the new plant. Each time there was a fire, they had to shut down, sometimes for months. No word on what the plant customers were doing for electricity during the shutdown.
Tesla is not what you describe and is defining the market
Tesla is a profound disruptor that transcends the pitiful efforts of the Biden administration