[Hot Tabasco]

And with the Millions of $$$$ it received in both California and Federal subsidies that kept it alive, who do you suppose profitted the most when the stock sales went up?

Without the state and fed funding, they would have gone under long ago........

[ckilmer]

And with the Millions of $$$$ it received in both California and Federal subsidies that kept it alive, who do you suppose profitted the most when the stock sales went up?
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the federal program under which they borrowed money was created by george bush. Tesla paid back the loan with interest two years ago.

The Tesla story in this regard is actually a success for the federal government.