"Ghosts of of Who-Killed-the-Electric-Car" [ political inhibitors ] are still running around?? Transportation Industry & Tesla Motors (NADA lawsuit) mentioned: How Corruption Is Strangling U.S. Innovation - James Allworth - Harvard Business Review
I saw this article on Reddit yesterday. Fascinating really and underlines what people have felt for the past decade: That other countries will and if not already out innovating us in transportation due to corruption. An interesting theme, a country so great rests on its laurels and becomes corrupt, will eventually fall due to it. History repeats itself and what not.