Other kind of advancements: Tesla which sparked EV movement, batteries, spacex - materialized grand visions moving forward the world as whole.
It's not like Toyota popularized efficient cars, or Chevy popularized EVs with the EV1, or California incentivized EVs with credits and HOV access, or Panasonic made the batteries for every model of Tesla sold to date...
Oh wait. All of those things happened.
Musk's only accomplishment is taking credit for the work of others.