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  • Justin Bieber, benefits from Obama Stimulus

    07/25/2012 8:00:39 PM PDT · by coldbluesteel · 13 replies
    Fox News | 7/25/2012 | coldbluesteel
    I personally watched Fox News tonight. Yes I am one of "those people". Shepard Smith had a snippet of Justin Bieber caling 911 to report 5 cars full of paparazzi following him. When the operator asked him what kind of car he was in, he replied a Fisker. The OP had to ask a couple of times to get the name of the automobile correct.
  • HONEST AL'S "GREEN" CAR SALES!

    09/28/2009 12:53:11 PM PDT · by Edisto Joe · 7 replies · 581+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 09/28/2009 | Edisto Joe
    It seems Al Gore's ambitions are limitless. After inventing the Internet, saving the planet from global warming, receiving a Nobel Peace Prize and an Academy Award, he now has ventured into green transportation. "Honest Al" has secured $529 million in taxpayer money for Fisker Automotive, a small car company he is backing to build a hybrid sports car. The price tag? Only a mere $89,000. That's not exactly affordable to the average American. Al knows that only the wealthy can afford to go green when it comes to cars. Judging by the early release photos it will be a sharp...
  • The Next Detroit

    06/01/2009 11:44:02 PM PDT · by bruinbirdman · 17 replies · 1,182+ views
    Forbes ^ | 6/2/2009 | Joann Muller
    Rising in Motown's ruins: a generation of entrepreneurs who want to make new kinds of cars in new ways. They just might give Amereica another century in this vital industry. In the gloomy basement cafeteria of New York's Jacob Javits Center, Henrik Fisker is choking down a chicken sandwich and imagining a new kind of American car company. Almost everything is outsourced--engineering, components, the electric power train, manufacturing. No messy work rules to worry about, no postretirement health care. Only design and marketing remain in-house. ''It's a great time to launch a new car company like ours,'' he says, speaking...