[jokoon]

Well, sometimes the country can't just put its trust into private investors to really accomplish something in innovation. There is already a lot of money sleeping, sometimes off shore, so I don't think it's really relevant to judge this aspect.

It's the nature of current capitalism and how big players just won't even try going towards the electric car because it's a risk for their business model. If you want to go forward, sometimes you have to force your hand, and it involves using government money. You could also argue that putting a flag on the moon is worthless too. Sometimes the answer is not in accounting. Markets and money are just that, tools. You can't always think in a logic that revolves around capitalism, you have to look further than that.