well the analogy is a bit off, I do not agree with the bailing out in general, I think it's akin to curing the symptom as opposed to the real desease<p>But electric cars are still cars, they ride on roads, mechanical etc ...<p>It's shell, exxonmobile and Saudi Arabia who might need to worry. Electricity is a real substitute product to theirs<p>Many companies cut RnD costs by following the principal of "don't innovate imitate" cars were invented in USA but this "innovation" found it's way to europe and Asia<p>Detroits problem is not innovation, it's implementation. Which sort of explain how the bailout might actually be sane