[quote=ocrenter]
Most of Red America still point to Tesla taking the loan as why they hate the company, due to the loans’ association with Obama. Yet Tesla took out .5 billion and repaid everything, but Ford took out $5.9 billion and still has a balance. But Tesla gets blamed for taking government handout but Ford remains the quintessential America’s car company.
Funny how perception works against reality.[/quote]
The difference though, is that Ford took $5.9B for their clean energy project. Ford isn’t known for their EV cars. They’re known for their trucks, which is far from clean energy. I think those who like Ford like them for their trucks and not their EV. Which is why they don’t know about the $5.9B Ford borrowed. I wonder if someone advertise that Ford takes 10x the money as Tesla for clean energy projects, would those who hate Tesla for taking the $ would also hate Ford. Since no one is screaming from the roof top about Ford taking government $ for clean energy, I don’t think my question will ever be answered.
