I like how there is so much hate on Tesla, they losing money, they will never succeed in launching a car, blabla
same has been said for years about Musk's companies. What people forget is they managed to build an Full on electric car, while the other car manufacturer haven't really innovated. Same for Spacex, they manage to send rockets in space for 1/10th of the price. Everytime there is bad news on any of these companies it's insane to see the amount of publicity that goes, this is probably pushed by the big conglomerate as well.
Tesla just didn't make Electric car, they completely re-invented how a car is built, most of the car is built in house, unlike other car companies who don't make most of the parts. This means that they can change or adjust things very quickly. Nowadays cars rely more and more and electronics, the Tesla is always online, meaning that it can be updated overnight to improve the car. While other car manufacturer have to contact supplier and go through series of approvals. Tesla is 100x more agile than any of the competition, look at Nissan who claimed they would flood the Electric car markets by 2012, where are they again? I look in the street and it's not them I see.
SpaceX is the only real viable option in the US, NASA funding has been going downhill, I don't see any Alternative in the US.
I think before people start bashing Musk, they should really read about what he's achieved, he changed the Electric car industry, same for Solar panel, and now launching rocket in space. These three companies he has share technology, they have been built from scratch using similar philosophy and hiring the best people in the industry.
I don't even like car but Tesla is probably the only exciting car I have seen on the market, all the other electric cars are just copycat trying to catch up with Tesla.