I'd bet 1 mil that electric vehicles weren't popularized mainstream because nobody influential in the mainstream could harness it for them. so they waited. brought up their figure piece Elon musk, just to steer that "movement", like a sailor. <br>otherwise it would have been a thing of the masses. a bazillion new competitors sparking off the next Ford Chrysler Chevy Buick Cadillac etc craze. Better to centralize the drive and maximize the profit. amiright? I'd like my million now.