Help getting off the ground and subsidies to push forward is not contrary to a free market.
It's not very different from gun manufacturer contracts, where they compete for the purchase of their products.
If the demand is there by the consumer, as it clearly is, then the government just helps the company with the best tech rise to meet that demand.
Additionally, and further to the point, arguing this is stupid -- because just about all major car manufacturers were given extreme subsidies and more or less squandered them. Tesla did not. Tesla actually made a good product.
If you've been paying attention for the last few years, it's pretty obvious how the cabal picks winners and losers. Electric is the current winner that they're pushing. There's little free market about it, and it certainly doesn't solve any real or perceived environmental problems.
The government helps a lot of businesses.
Help getting off the ground and subsidies to push forward is not contrary to a free market.
It's not very different from gun manufacturer contracts, where they compete for the purchase of their products.
If the demand is there by the consumer, as it clearly is, then the government just helps the company with the best tech rise to meet that demand.
Additionally, and further to the point, arguing this is stupid -- because just about all major car manufacturers were given extreme subsidies and more or less squandered them. Tesla did not. Tesla actually made a good product.
If you've been paying attention for the last few years, it's pretty obvious how the cabal picks winners and losers. Electric is the current winner that they're pushing. There's little free market about it, and it certainly doesn't solve any real or perceived environmental problems.