You won't be going it alone. I actually told George B the same thing at one of the events. I outlined (verbally) something similar to what you've taken the time to draw up and told him if Tesla doesn't build this, I will and make a business of it. He assured me that they're plan is to do so and to have options. I'm happy to step aside as you're clearly quite capable. I have no doubt that if Tesla doesn't build something similar to what you've designed, there'll be a nice market there for what you create. I will be first in line (can I write my check now to get CCI #1?). That said, I have fairly strong confidence that Tesla will build the right thing.
I think that you're right. I was actually thinking about this whole issue earlier today and came to the conclusion that it makes no sense for Tesla to do anything other than offer the larger, enclosed, console that people are, very clearly, interested in. What I mean by that is that they are going to put some amount of R&D into developing this Opportunity Console System and it makes no sense to develop things that they KNOW aren't what people want; they're better off not doing anything at all. My take on the early prototypes is that they're a way of figuring out if there were some folks who wanted something in between the current design and the full-on console. I'm fairly confident that Tesla knows that there's a fair number of people who want the Super-Delux console with real upholders, enclosed storage and places to stick things, they just wanted to figure out if there were others who wanted Console-Lite.
The prototypes offer very minimal storage and, from the comments that I've seen here, that will work for some of us, but it would be folly on Tesla's part not to offer a more comprehensive console. As a final note, after going over GeorgeB's interactions with us, I've come to the strong conclusion that he's an honest guy. What I mean by that, in this context, is that, if he says they're working on it, I believe that they're working on it. Now, it may not pan out the way we would all like it in the end, but I don't think that he's pulling anyone's leg.