Jon; You sound like a bitter
Jon;
You sound like a bitter ICE car dealer. Tesla is a disruptive company. Doing what they are doing (building a car company from scratch that makes cars radically different than status quo) takes money, skill, and huge huevos. We should collectively applaud innovative American companies that can pull this off, instead of criticizing.
To clarify, the $465M from DoE is a LOAN... not a subsidy. While I'm not a fan of the gov't blindly throwing our money around to Cronies (i.e. to Solyndra), the Tesla loan had solid validation from a VC standpoint.
You also imply that Model S is not viable because it hasn't caused gas prices to drop to $1. That's simply ludicrous. You need to understand the global oil market better.
It would be nice if people would put aside their pre-conceived fears & biases long enough to applaud a truly innovative American company that has been executing very well. But honestly, I think Tesla feeds off of this kind of criticism, and takes pride in exceeding expectations and proving critics wrong.