There is a middle ground to be found here.

Musk is managing his companies as pure hype-machines. This can only successfully work for a couple companies that operates as cult.

If there is one thing that made Tesla successful, is the charismatic leader personality of Musk. Tesla is only a success on the stock market. They are not profitable, and the coming years will be the turning point for EVs. I don't see them coming out ahead.