Maybe I missed the angry crowd on FB but all I saw was one cranky spinster talking about outsourcing jobs to Finland. Was this on the Fiskerautomotive page on FB or the comments on the CBS news page?brian said:
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Maybe I missed the angry crowd on FB but all I saw was one cranky spinster talking about outsourcing jobs to Finland. Was this on the Fiskerautomotive page on FB or the comments on the CBS news page?brian said:Lots of angry people on the Fisker Facebook page after that.
The Wingnut Wurlitzer Group just latched on to Fisker as "the next Solyndra", so expect a lot of smoke (but no real fire) for a month-plus.Fabulist said:Maybe I missed the angry crowd on FB but all I saw was one cranky spinster talking about outsourcing jobs to Finland. ...
It is unfortunate for Fisker to get on their radar, but since the money is already committed, there is not a whole lot they can do.ct-fiskerbuzz said:The Wingnut Wurlitzer Group just latched on to Fisker as "the next Solyndra", so expect a lot of smoke (but no real fire) for a month-plus.
These are just new angles on that story. If Karma's EPA numbers had been better than promised, we would not be reading these attack pieces, or at the very least the pieces would have been a lot less vicious.doug said:It's pertty dumb actually. Make a lot of noise out of nothing, but then miss the real story which is the abismal fuel economy.
Really? I don't think so. I don't think the ABC piece makes any mention of the EPA numbers and in fact decribes the Karma as an efficient vehicle. What it is, however, is a delayed reaction to Solyndra and suggesting that Fisker (or Tesla for that matter) could become another Solyndra.Fabulist said:These are just new angles on that story. If Karma's EPA numbers had been better than promised, we would not be reading these attack pieces, or at the very least the pieces would have been a lot less vicious.
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That's the sense I got since right after the EPA announcements, there were a number of articles like this one that linked the 20MPG rating and the $529M loan. The Solyndra/Tesla angle has been around for a while. In fact the Fisker loan closed on the same day that Solyndra went bankrupt (talk about bad timing) and no one said anything about Fisker or Tesla. But the current onslaught came right on the heels of the disappointing EPA numbers being announced by Fisker. Maybe it is coincidence, but I don't think so.doug said:Really? I don't think so. I don't think the ABC piece makes any mention of the EPA numbers and in fact decribes the Karma as an efficient vehicle. What it is, however, is a delayed reaction to Solyndra and suggesting that Fisker (or Tesla for that matter) could become another Solyndra.
Fabulist said:That's the sense I got since right after the EPA announcements, there were a number of articles like this one that linked the 20MPG rating and the $529M loan. The Solyndra/Tesla angle has been around for a while. In fact the Fisker loan closed on the same day that Solyndra went bankrupt (talk about bad timing) and no one said anything about Fisker or Tesla. But the current onslaught came right on the heels of the disappointing EPA numbers being announced by Fisker. Maybe it is coincidence, but I don't think so.doug said:Really? I don't think so. I don't think the ABC piece makes any mention of the EPA numbers and in fact decribes the Karma as an efficient vehicle. What it is, however, is a delayed reaction to Solyndra and suggesting that Fisker (or Tesla for that matter) could become another Solyndra.
-- Fab