[SEJeff]

That and they have some of the best battery scientists working for them. John Goodenough was a co-inventor of the lithium ion battery and works for/with Tesla on refining their chemistry and battery tech. JB Straubel is also widely considered one of the world's foremost battery experts, who happens to have been at Tesla longer than Elon Musk. Then there is Jeff Dahn and his university's partnership with Tesla on longevity, etc. Tesla is a battery company who happens to sell cars (and giant battery packs for electric grid storage).

[toomuchtodo]

I give Musk a lot of credit for giving JB Straubel the latitude to just Get Shit Done. It’s clear he’s adopted the “hire smart people and do what they tell you” mantra, and it’s paying off.

[SEJeff]

Entirely agreed! I was just pointing out that Tesla's "business moat" is in their people, who literally lead or created the industry which they're dominant in (battery tech for their electric vehicles).