Tesla could rebrand as a boring car manufacturer and do away with their insanely high market cap (relative to other auto makers) and stop claiming to be a tech company with disruptive technology.

They could do that and they’d be treated like any other car company. But Tesla won’t because “disruption” and “innovation” is why people like Tesla.

I think it’s stilly to consider Tesla a victim of news media. Tesla welcomes this. Free advertising. Free PR.