[bronxville]

Solyndra $535 Million- Bankrupt

Tesla Motors $465 Million to build $120k sports cars for millionaires & billionaires

Fisk Automotive $529 Million To build $90,000 hybrid sports car in FINLAND!!!

CHINA $?????

I’m sure someone here has a better list.

[Wurlitzer]

Tesla at least has built a functional electric car. They also were contracted by Mercedes to build batteries for their “Smart Car” and this government funding was to help them complete their design for a lower cost coupe so all the people who are green with envy about the millionaires and billionaires would not get so upset.

Other electric car manufacturer are contracting with Tesla to use their motors which are superior for this application.

However, the coupe is still in the $70-80K range but still a nice car if your driving habits allow for the long charge times exhibited by ALL pure electric vehicles.

[Eva]

When I was doing a search on federal dollars to rail roads, I came across a big hand out to Siemens America which they used to build rail road cars in China. The announcement was more celebrated in China than it was here.