[banannaise]

> but people take his accomplishments for granted somehow.

Because his primary accomplishments are marketing. (To his credit, he has managed to market quite well not just to consumers but also investors and engineers.) He doesn't build the cars. He doesn't really design the cars, with the notable exception of the one that seems to find a new way every month to draw negative press for being dangerous. He didn't even start the company!

A worrying trend is that the more directly involved Elon is with a product, the worse the product seems to get.