By Luc Olinga The billionaire is known to attack his critics. It is rare to see defend his direct rivals. Elon Musk is not known for standing up for his rivals. It’s quite the opposite because he doesn’t like being upstaged. The charismatic and whimsical CEO of Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc Report and SpaceX has just played, for a few tweets, the lawyer of one of the most serious rivals of Tesla, the manufacturer of high-end electric vehicles. This defense is all the more surprising as it comes when this adversary has one knee on the ground, the ideal moment to make them bend the other knee in …