Tesla leveraged existing inequality to get the funding to bring the advantages of quality electric cars to more people (i.e. reducing inequality of options).
This can be contrasted with dysfunctional dynamics that maintain or expand the differences between rich and poor options.
I know why they did it, but it meant that to start with, rich people got electric cars. Progress is often made by lifting the top of what's possible before raising the floor of what's acceptable. It must happen that way almost by definition.
Tesla leveraged existing inequality to get the funding to bring the advantages of quality electric cars to more people (i.e. reducing inequality of options).
This can be contrasted with dysfunctional dynamics that maintain or expand the differences between rich and poor options.