>Well, they built and sold the first successful electric car in the age where nobody believed this would be possible.
I guess that depends on what you mean by "not possible". Did any engineer doubt an electric car could be made and sold? Maybe no one believed it could be done profitably. That's still the reality.
Second, would you consider that the hype, the lies, the cult, and the overly optimistic statements might be a reason that Tesla can sell so many cars? Could Ford pull this off?
I guess that depends on what you mean by "not possible". Did any engineer doubt an electric car could be made and sold? Maybe no one believed it could be done profitably. That's still the reality.