1st up you are paying for a top of the line luxury car. Even if you treat the electric motor as a novelty,the car is worth the price for the way it drives. From a national interest perspective I can’t wait for a day when all we run are electric cars that can be charged with a solar panel on your roof. That is the definition of individual freedom. Beggaring a host of countries that seek to murder non-Muslims is a huge added bonus. The subsidies are a sidelight and a sort of pinprick for a larger goal. Subordinating everything to the belly in the short term and helping dim witted jerks to kill us is the definition on a non-conservative.
You do know that we could be energy self sufficient within 10 years if the govt only got out of the way with all of the new technologies being used in ND and the like?