[mikeash]

Traditional car companies have benefitted from trillions in subsidies by being allowed to poison the population without paying for the costs.

I'd much rather have a car company take some of my money in taxes than take my health by polluting.

Remember leaded gasoline? That's only been fully banned in the US for about two decades. Entire generations were damaged, like Flint, MI on a national scale.

But ooh noo, Elon Musk takes some of our taxes, the horror.