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French car makers where the first to sell electric cars

Tesla is lucky to be funded and backed by the US government

https://www.statista.com/statistics/965507/eu-leading-passen...

How is Tesla funded and backed by the US government?

I believe the reference here is to the same loan guarantee that became famous when Solyndra went bankrupt. It secured Tesla's early days, without it the company most certainly wouldn't exist.

I think they from the federal credits offered on electric car purchases, not exactly government funded but without them tesla would have most likely failed.

Yeah that seems awfully broad, that would mean every western country in the world is funding them.

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