The Musk-ites are going to declare a jihad on this thread.
(lol)
No kidding.
The $7500 subsidy does much more to help competitors sell $35,000 rollerskates for $27,000, then it does by allowing Tesla to sell $74,000 cars for $65,000. Remove the subsidy and Tesla would have done better.
On the other hand, had the American oil boom not been delayed for years by liberals, Tesla would never have gotten past the drawing board.