[quintushoratius]

> This positions Tesla as an energy provider like Shell/Chevron.

No, this positions Tesla to be an energy middleman. They're not finding and distributing energy, just reselling it at a markup.

[AYBABTME]

You call it middleman, I call it platform. Owning the platform everyone uses for charging their car is not a bad place to be. Add to this that they're working on including house solar+batteries into a national smart grid system, and they're producing their own large scale energy storage and generation technology... they're positioning themselves to be a major player in the energy industry.

[pseg134]

There is a large firey ball in the sky called the sun. Tesla captures its energy using a technology called solar panels.