Certainly with regard to battery powered automobiles - very few consider them to be the long and wide solution. Whilst they can be great in cities, it is reckoned the fuel cell is the main game.
As to did Rwy in Sight's question: Certainly. They over reached themelves spectacularly. The company (it's Board of Mgmt) lost sight of the basics and thought they were cleverer than they were. But that is the long, long story of human beings. We have seen countless examples of this before in history and countless more will follow. Mostly, the gamble pays off but Boeing will be paying the price for this for a decade.