There's an updated version of the LA Times article (dated May 31 in the url) that quotes the one and only....
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html#page=1
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html#page=1
"Government support is a theme of all three of these companies, and without it none of them would be around," said Mark Spiegel, a hedge fund manager for Stanphyl Capital Partners who is shorting Tesla's stock, a bet that pays off if Tesla shares fall.
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