There is very little that is novel about SpaceX / Tesla. Both were excellent executions of visions that many people had. We've had pure-electric vehicles for more than a century (For example, Detroit Electric built an electric vehicle in 1914 -- https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/EdisonEl... is a photo with Thomas Edison).

Hyperloop is different. Others have talked about it, but this is the first time he is truly laying out an idea, so I wouldn't necessarily assume that he will be successful