> reevaluating funding on a regular basis and dropping all funding if metrics are not met. The US government isn't going to exert that level of influence on a

> reevaluating funding on a regular basis and dropping all funding if metrics are not met. The US government isn't going to exert that level of influence on a private enterprise without being a majority shareholder, which is what happened with GM in the 2008 bailout. The government also can't be in a position where pulling billions in funding based on targets it sets leads to mass layoffs, that would be a political minefield come election time. Subsidies are about creating jobs as much as they are about enabling technology development.