This is what I hate every time there's a big discussion about subsidies for electric cars and how they shouldn't exist if they can't be sold without subsidies.

This is what I hate every time there's a big discussion about subsidies for electric cars and how they shouldn't exist if they can't be sold without subsidies. There are so many things we use every day that get (or got) massive subsidies so that we get them. Even the fossil fuel industry is still getting massive subsidies [0]. And the bailout of US automakers cost taxpayers an estimated 10B [1], which is pretty much a subsidy. 0: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-times-more-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-than-education/#1573c46d4473 https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united... 1: https://www.thebalance.com/auto-industry-bailout-gm-ford-chrysler-3305670 https://www.thebalance.com/auto-industry-bailout-gm-ford-chr...