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The promise that needed 1 billion in subsidies to build a new plant? As soon as the government got involved it was clear they couldn't be profitable on their own.

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Tesla got a ton of government subsidies, but is successful, there is no causal relation between the two things.

Tesla is still getting tons of subsidies, directly and indirectly. We'll see if they are successful once that stops.

So does the whole car industry. Directly or indirectly.

The industry as a whole is nowhere near paying for its true health and environmental damage.

Tesla I think proved it was competent at making stuff before getting much subsidy. Northvolt seems to have got it up from without much battery making.

Have you seen China? Northvolts demise is completely orthogonal to the concept of subsidies.

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