Of course, our government does it every day!
Not to be sarcastic, but EVERY business started...loses money for a period of time. Might be one year, might be five, might be 10 years. You may be paying all your bills, but have no profit. You still create something and pay your people and buy raw materials...circle of life in business. No one goes into business to NEVER make money, but does have a business plan, to eventually make money. If it fails, some do, well it did not work out. But everyone somehow made some money and had jobs, while the businesses was trying to succeed. Shareholders buy stock because they believe that the business will succeed, if it fails, oh well, move on buttercup. Don't buy stock if you have no stomach for it. Better to have tried and failed than to never try at all......or should we just quit trying because it just might not work?? I love that there are doubters, we need those people too. But in the big picture, Tesla is going to change the entire car industry....like it or not.