You missed my point.
No, I didn’t.
The roads were on average horrible when gas powered cars appeared. They were designed to be used on horrible roads. They still sold with no government handouts.
There was no federal expenditures to directly subsidize the purchase of gasoline powered cars. In contrast Tesla’s whole business model is rooted in subsidies to cover part of the purchase price of the cars.
And while we’re at it the Tesla cars do not contribute to the taxes to build and maintain roads that owners of gas powered cars pay.
So not only are they getting a direct subsidy to help purchase them, hiding their true costs from consumers, they are also mooching / freeloading off of other drivers.