It wouldn't have survived without them though. State/Federal EV tax credits & carbon credits are government subsidies, and are not a natural product of the "free market".
Uh. California began offering $5,000 rebates for electric vehicles in 2007, before Tesla sold its first car. It was literally a selling point touted by Tesla.
From Tesla's blog (2009): Tax incentives: Why the Roadster costs less than its sticker price
overfeed|9 months ago
It wouldn't have survived without them though. State/Federal EV tax credits & carbon credits are government subsidies, and are not a natural product of the "free market".
nxobject|9 months ago
(And, FWIW, an early source of revenue for Tesla _was_ subsidies. https://journals.law.unc.edu/ncjolt/blogs/tesla-motors-gover...)
organsnyder|9 months ago
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Aloisius|9 months ago
From Tesla's blog (2009): Tax incentives: Why the Roadster costs less than its sticker price
https://web.archive.org/web/20090118215254/http://www.teslam...