[ethelward]

Nicola Tesla actually invented thing. AFAIK, Musk didn't; he's above all a successful businessman but has little to no technical competencies.

[erikpukinskis]

There is a lot of technical work to turning an invention into an affordable and dependable product.

In fact, I would wager the majority of engineering/math/physics/etc happens after the proof of concept phase.

[robfitz]

In that case, Tesla would have lived and died happier if he'd had a Musk around to help him find a way to scalably and sustainably bring what he invented to the world.

[trashtester]

You are right. Maybe Edison would be a better example.