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His value was in listening to the smart people in the room and not giving a fuck about red tape, clearing the way for those smart people.
Those smart people have been replaced by right wing grifters and even more ketamine.
He did have some value. Even if he didn't invent them, I don't think electric cars get to where they are today without his help. And now they wouldn't have begun to decline without his help.