47 depressing facts about Fisker’s epic electric car failure

Washington Examiner ^ | Wednesday April 24, 2013 | Charlie Spiering

[theruleshavechanged]

“Bankruptcy now appears unavoidable, and a political reckoning is coming” writes the New York Time’s Bill Vlasic today about Fisker Motors, the Obama administration’s pet electric car company that received millions in federal loans. Vlasic described the car company as the “Solyndra of Electric car companies.”

As Congress prepares to grill the leaders of Fisker Motors this afternoon, here are 47 depressing facts about Fisker:

[theruleshavechanged]

"Henrik Fisker has wined and dined 25% of all Karma buyers as part of his marketing strategy" - typical elite Hollywood government connected crap.

[Da Coyote]

Bankrupsy? Yup, it’ll happen.

Political reckoning? Never. After all, he’s part of the White House Group-O-Crooks. The Obamadork, Whorehouse Harry and Botox-wenchwoman will protect him.

[GeronL]

Corporations on the dole, probably donating big bucks to leftists too.

Ayn Rand hit these types on the head like a nail and hammer

[Uncle Miltie]

[taildragger]

I am biting my tongue, on this one....

[Uncle Miltie]

[Uncle Miltie]

Bad Karma! Bad, Bad Karma!

[Uncle Miltie]

[Lurker]

I hadn’t heard of the dozen that exploded during Sandy.

[slumber1]

Somewhere Preston Tucker is saying, “why the hell didn’t I think of this?”

[Wuli]

when politicians do things to back specific companies then either (1) (a) invest early only if you can buy shares you can sell, and then (b) let the politicians build up the endeavor in the public mind (and the share price) and then (c) sell as fast as you can; or (2) avoid the company like a plague

[Little Ray]

It is burned out AND it is a toxic waste site - all in one!

[esoxmagnum]

Wasn’t Gore a major stockholder and then sold off like 3 days before the feds seized their funds?

[Noob1999]

bfl

[Thom Pain]

Fisker was NOT a failure! It succeeded nicely in funneling $$ to Oenema’s friends and supporters. Can we say “corruption” boys and girls?

[bigbob]

48. DoE is incompetent when it comes to program management.
49. The gummint can’t tell good technology from bad
50. Central planning always fails.

[dennisw]

AlGore pimped this POS venture and paved the way for them to get the 200,000,000 in USG money they blew. The original loan was for up to 500 million but Fisker was too effed up to avail themselves of all of it

I know how Gore operates. He had tons of Fisker stock options or other stakes and would have reaped tens of millions if Fisker got off the ground

[arthurus]

Bureaucrats and politicians and liberal academics think that technology can be ordered into existence. Wishing can make it so.

[Gay State Conservative]

The Rat Party will surely be tripping over itself to determine how much campaign $$$ Fisker doled out...and to whom.