I'm talking about 100 years ago when cars were invented. We didn't stop and wait for the infrastructure to be ready. We built it, got it out there. Everything else will come when and as we need it.
Built it and it will come doesn’t always work for the early adopters, early investment in a technology can be risky it might take longer than expected or some other tech might replace the current front runner.
Gasoline powered cars weren’t the only tech in early 1900s either, steam powered cars were being as late as 1930s.
The diesel and petrol engines were competing too, very different kinds of engines and fuels