Great article. I'm still going to nit-pick it. :tongue:
"Since then the Silicon Valley startup bankrolled by a half billon dollar federal loan has sold more than 2,100 of the two-seater convertibles." Literally true, perhaps, but misleading. No federal money went to the Roadster; they were being sold long before they applied for the DOE loan. Plus the company is bankrolled by a lot more than the federal government - its own IPO, investments from venture capital, individuals including Elon Musk, Daimler, Toyota, Panasonic, not to mention car and drive train sales.
"Detractors cry foul about everything from the absurdity of $100,000 sports cars being built on the government’s (loaned) dime..." perpetuates the myth - and actually IS completely wrong.
"What about when all of those battery packs die and have to be thrown out? Toxic Landfill City!" I know that wasn't the point of the paragraph, but that's again perpetuating a myth. The batteries are non-toxic, fully recyclable, and those materials are too valuable to simply toss in the trash.