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Elon Musk: Good Vision, Bad Math on Tesla (forbes.com/sites/michaellynch)
1 point by funkyy on June 24, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> "In the US, subsidies to the oil and gas industry are equivalent to about a penny a gallon, or something like 0.33% of the price to consumers. Buy a Tesla and get $7500 straight from the federal government and $2500 from some states, or 10-15% of the purchase price."

As if a person only ever puts one gallon of gasoline in their car.




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