What value was created? Car sales have not exactly exploded. [1]
[1] https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/global-car-sa...
[1] https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/global-car-sa...
Most other vendord are only a marketing shell whereas everything is outsourced to a galaxy of suppliers. Tesla has full vertical integration and captures value of the whole chain including dealerships. Plus Teslas are have performance of supercar and can demand much higher margins.