Tax credits may have made the difference between making Tesla survive and not (I don't think any of us can know that, but I'm being generous here), but that's n

Tax credits may have made the difference between making Tesla survive and not (I don't think any of us can know that, but I'm being generous here), but that's not the same thing as a business being "largely funded by US tax payers". That needs a huge [citation required], not to mention an analysis as to whether these are outsized taxpayer subsidies for Tesla + electric infrastructure and subsidies vs internal combustion automakers + petrol infrastructure and subsidies.