virtualeric
10-27-2009, 03:41 PM
I can't post a URL yet, but check today's NYT online under politics, the article starting: "administration steps up efforts on climate...."
The end of the article mentions Fisker is getting the $500m loan to re-tool a closed GM factory for production. That's what I call going "all in" on an idea, albeit for a product most people can't afford. It's an expensive car from what I remember.
Still, Aptera could go crazy with a couple hundred million. Wasn't it 75 mil they were originally going for? The 22 billion in loan money (when Obama signs for it) isn't going to last long. Fisker took the "now or never" approach and now that the road to a loan is pretty much clear, I hope Aptera goes at least 150 or more. That's what it's going to take to even exist in the 2012 marketplace when the big automakers release their stuff.
The end of the article mentions Fisker is getting the $500m loan to re-tool a closed GM factory for production. That's what I call going "all in" on an idea, albeit for a product most people can't afford. It's an expensive car from what I remember.
Still, Aptera could go crazy with a couple hundred million. Wasn't it 75 mil they were originally going for? The 22 billion in loan money (when Obama signs for it) isn't going to last long. Fisker took the "now or never" approach and now that the road to a loan is pretty much clear, I hope Aptera goes at least 150 or more. That's what it's going to take to even exist in the 2012 marketplace when the big automakers release their stuff.