content: Elon Musk has been very active in fighting the hand that feeds him and has spoken at length on many occasiones about the damaging effect on government subsidies and the need for a carbon tax instead..  and well, it's all in the phrasing, Tesla isn't the beneficiary for 90% of the government support, rather the consumer gets a discount. The first 200,000 Model 3 cars sold will be effectively given 7,500$ by the government for doing so. You might think this would have a profound effect but considering the ridiculously high demand Tesla has(They've never advertised yet they've sold every single car months/years in advance of making it), it's easy to speculate otherwise.