Sorry the Federal Government should not be in the Auto business..
Well obviously government motors is a total disaster as is any industry nationalized by any sort of government. But in the case of mere investing as is the case for Tesla where the money has no (hopefully) strings then it's still a good thing, IMHO. Seed money or growth/expansion funding is a good thing when carefully applied. And certainly not for more than a year or two. By then, any business that can't stand on it's own should fail as the free market dictates.