Why do you need to define a car company in a single adjective like "[self driving] car company" or "[electric] car company"?

Both are clearly the future. So what's wrong with doing both?

You say "pivot" as though these are incompatible goals, when in fact they're perfectly complementary paths to a future ideal of ground transportation.

To me, your point is like asking "Is Google a search company, or an advertising company?" They're both, in a fully symbiotic sense. You cannot describe it as one of these accurately, without the other.