> Did all car manufacturers receive a $500 million loan to build electric cars or something? Did any other manufacturer build a car like the Tesla Roadster? An

> Did all car manufacturers receive a $500 million loan to build electric cars or something? Did any other manufacturer build a car like the Tesla Roadster? Any medium to large manufacturer could have done that, noone did. So as a government I'd be wary about the true intentions of those industry players who didn't want to touch electric cars in the past decades, too.