On one hand Musk is quite an innovator. On the other hand he is largely dependent on government subsidies.
Some people play the game better than others.
If the gubmint gave me billions, I could be a great innovator too.
So was Ken Lay
The Unites States is purring along a day after Elon Musk solar array is switched online then.... a some clouds roll in and everything grinds to a halt.
Elon Musk is like a lot of other snake oil salesmen I have seen. Much better at the vision than he is at the delivery. He still does not have a car that is much more than a beautifully packaged tecnhogizmo and already he is shifting the goal post to his next vision. A vision for someone else to pay for and him to skim from as the money goes by.