Aw for Fuck sakes man, you really need to get your facts straight and stop being a part of the problem making people dumber.
Tesla paid it back the $365 Million from the stimulus plan, a full 5 years ahead of schedule, twice as fast as required by the original 2010 loan agreement provided to them by the Department of Energy.
http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/earl...la?s-atvm-loan
And don't forget other car companies benefitted as well.
Next, Those very same batters are in your laptops, which make up alot more batteries than Tesla cars. By your thinking, everyone should stop buying laptops.
Next, batteries are SAFE and can be recycled. Gasoline on the other hand, pollutes when refined, pollutes when pumped into your car, and pollutes when it is burned. It costs 16 times more than Electricity to get the same milage.
There are so many ill informed dumb fucking idiots out there who instead of opening a science book and learning the basics much prefer to spout endless shit and then pat them selves on the back for "I dun think I lernd sumfin today I tell yer whut!". If you're one of those dumb fucks that ignore true progress and replace it with republican-fed lies to the small-brained morons of the world I feel really fucking sorry for you.