DISQUS

VentureBeat: Fisker trumps Tesla with $528M loan from Energy Dept.

  • jd · 2 months ago
    $90k for a Prius with a nice body?
  • ct · 2 months ago
    No, $90k for a hot-rod luxury car. Compare with, e.g., the BMW M5, which starts at $85k. The M5 has more horsepower (once you get the blasted thing in the right mode) but gets 13 mpg.

    (I was looking at the Tesla, but it has no cargo space; looked at the M5, but it's such an environmental disaster; am now waiting for either the Fisker Karma or the Model S, at this point. I like the Karma better but it won't fit in my garage, it's about six inches too big, so I'll have to remodel the garage if I go that route.)
  • links · 1 month ago
    From VentureBeat: Dept of Commerce and NIST roll out Smart Grid standards