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[Hot on the trail of the Chevy Volt, in that long, seemingly never ending line of one green boondoggle after another green boondoggle, the $100,000 Fisker manages to make 183 miles before giving up the ghost in its Consumer Reports testing run.
Barry & Co would have had very short careers as venture capitalists. He was indeed lucky to have gotten his on the job training at the expense of the American Taxpayer. The American People, well, they weren't as lucky in return. Maybe Barry could find a day job as a singer and crooner somewhere. Women used to faint when Frank Sinatra sang, too]
"DETROIT (Reuters) - A $100,000-plus Fisker Automotive luxury sports car died during Consumer Reports speed testing this week for reasons that are still unknown, leaving the struggling electric car startup with another blow to its image.
"It is a little disconcerting that you pay that amount of money for a car and it lasts basically 180 miles before going wrong," David Champion, senior director for the magazine's automotive test center, told Reuters, on Thursday.
In a statement, Fisker said it was assessing the source of the problem that caused its Karma plug-in hybrid to fail. Fisker dispatched two engineers Wednesday night to examine the car.
Fisker has benefited from the publicity generated when actor Leonardo DiCaprio was handed the first Karma last summer and pop idol Justin Bieber received one as a gift this month."
Fisker Karma car dies in Consumer Reports testing - wsbt.com
Barry & Co would have had very short careers as venture capitalists. He was indeed lucky to have gotten his on the job training at the expense of the American Taxpayer. The American People, well, they weren't as lucky in return. Maybe Barry could find a day job as a singer and crooner somewhere. Women used to faint when Frank Sinatra sang, too]
"DETROIT (Reuters) - A $100,000-plus Fisker Automotive luxury sports car died during Consumer Reports speed testing this week for reasons that are still unknown, leaving the struggling electric car startup with another blow to its image.
"It is a little disconcerting that you pay that amount of money for a car and it lasts basically 180 miles before going wrong," David Champion, senior director for the magazine's automotive test center, told Reuters, on Thursday.
In a statement, Fisker said it was assessing the source of the problem that caused its Karma plug-in hybrid to fail. Fisker dispatched two engineers Wednesday night to examine the car.
Fisker has benefited from the publicity generated when actor Leonardo DiCaprio was handed the first Karma last summer and pop idol Justin Bieber received one as a gift this month."
Fisker Karma car dies in Consumer Reports testing - wsbt.com