A Tesla Motors car is shown in Fremont, Calif. The Tesla $465 million loan has been repaid nine years early, scoring points for the Department of Energy and its controversial clean-energy loan program. (Jeff Chiu/AP/File)
1:28 pm ET -Tesla $465 million loan is no more. As the Department of Energy gets back its Tesla $465 million loan, the new Energy secretary will have to decide whether to make more such controversial clean-energy loans.
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