It is absolutely good they are not on Twitter, elon unfortunately is not the answer.

Research-wise, old companies have proved for decades that they actively bribed politicians and cheated to jeopardize innovation.

I don't know what research you are referring to, but traditional automotive companies haven't moved forward since decades. They refined old, inadequate technologies to a extreme level until the reality bit them and they are now they're chasing.

Automotive sector, between elon and the old, corrupted, incompetent monsters, looks bleak