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From: JoeSpareBedroom on 28 Sep 2009 15:22 "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2009.09.28.19.20.06.953776(a)e86.GTS... > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:43:54 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > >> "Hachiroku" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> news:pan.2009.09.28.17.39.42.796000(a)e86.GTS... >>> $500M >>> >>> For a hybrid. >>> To be built in Finland. >>> That will probably not be sold in the US. >>> >>> Way to go, Al! Push your agenda all over the world, using *OUR* money! >> >> >> >> Source. Now. > > Why don't you pay attention? Did you originally get the story from television?
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 28 Sep 2009 15:21 On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:02:42 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message > news:Xns9C94649204100tegger(a)208.90.168.18... >> Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in news:Xns9C946362CDFABtegger@ >> 208.90.168.18: >> >>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in >>> news:r43wm.445253 $Ta5.383991(a)newsfe15.iad: >>> >>>> "Hachiroku" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>> news:pan.2009.09.28.17.39.42.796000(a)e86.GTS... >>>>> $500M >>>>> >>>>> For a hybrid. >>>>> To be built in Finland. >>>>> That will probably not be sold in the US. >>>>> >>>>> Way to go, Al! Push your agenda all over the world, using *OUR* >>>>> money! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Source. Now. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> The Wall Street Journal, for one. >>> <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125383160812639013.html> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Except that it looks like the "Karma" WILL be sold in the US: "The >> four-door Karma, powered by a lithium-ion battery, will be able to run >> solely on electric power for 50 miles, and will achieve an average fuel >> economy of 100 mpg over the span of a year, the company says. Production >> is >> scheduled to start in December, with about 15,000 vehicles a year >> expected to hit the U.S. market starting next June." >> >> If Gore's $529 million is amortized over a typical 4-year model cycle, >> that >> means each car (assuming production of 15K per year) actually costs >> about $98,000, not $89,000. >> >> >> -- >> Tegger >> >> > > Who knows? Maybe the company will get lucky and hire one person who has an > "Ah ha!" moment that nobody else does (at other car companies), and some > ground-breaking technology will be the result. > > I wonder how much criticism this would receive if Gore was just a customer > and not connected with one of the venture capital firms backing the > company. But even with these factors in place, this is a non-event. Giving US money to a foreign manufacturer is a 'non event'? Putz.
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 28 Sep 2009 15:27 "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2009.09.28.19.21.50.745567(a)e86.GTS... > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:02:42 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > >> "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message >> news:Xns9C94649204100tegger(a)208.90.168.18... >>> Tegger <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in news:Xns9C946362CDFABtegger@ >>> 208.90.168.18: >>> >>>> "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in >>>> news:r43wm.445253 $Ta5.383991(a)newsfe15.iad: >>>> >>>>> "Hachiroku" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>>> news:pan.2009.09.28.17.39.42.796000(a)e86.GTS... >>>>>> $500M >>>>>> >>>>>> For a hybrid. >>>>>> To be built in Finland. >>>>>> That will probably not be sold in the US. >>>>>> >>>>>> Way to go, Al! Push your agenda all over the world, using *OUR* >>>>>> money! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Source. Now. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> The Wall Street Journal, for one. >>>> <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125383160812639013.html> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Except that it looks like the "Karma" WILL be sold in the US: "The >>> four-door Karma, powered by a lithium-ion battery, will be able to run >>> solely on electric power for 50 miles, and will achieve an average fuel >>> economy of 100 mpg over the span of a year, the company says. Production >>> is >>> scheduled to start in December, with about 15,000 vehicles a year >>> expected to hit the U.S. market starting next June." >>> >>> If Gore's $529 million is amortized over a typical 4-year model cycle, >>> that >>> means each car (assuming production of 15K per year) actually costs >>> about $98,000, not $89,000. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tegger >>> >>> >> >> Who knows? Maybe the company will get lucky and hire one person who has >> an >> "Ah ha!" moment that nobody else does (at other car companies), and some >> ground-breaking technology will be the result. >> >> I wonder how much criticism this would receive if Gore was just a >> customer >> and not connected with one of the venture capital firms backing the >> company. But even with these factors in place, this is a non-event. > > Giving US money to a foreign manufacturer is a 'non event'? > > Putz. > You give money to a foreign manufacturer all day long. So do I. I like your new signature, by the way. Finally something accurate.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 28 Sep 2009 15:54 On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:28 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message > news:pan.2009.09.28.19.20.06.953776(a)e86.GTS... >> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:43:54 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: >> >>> "Hachiroku" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>> news:pan.2009.09.28.17.39.42.796000(a)e86.GTS... >>>> $500M >>>> >>>> For a hybrid. >>>> To be built in Finland. >>>> That will probably not be sold in the US. >>>> >>>> Way to go, Al! Push your agenda all over the world, using *OUR* money! >>> >>> >>> >>> Source. Now. >> >> Why don't you pay attention? > > > Did you originally get the story from television? It was all over all the networks.
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 28 Sep 2009 16:03
"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2009.09.28.19.54.49.799764(a)e86.GTS... > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:28 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: > >> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >> news:pan.2009.09.28.19.20.06.953776(a)e86.GTS... >>> On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:43:54 -0400, JoeSpareBedroom wrote: >>> >>>> "Hachiroku" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message >>>> news:pan.2009.09.28.17.39.42.796000(a)e86.GTS... >>>>> $500M >>>>> >>>>> For a hybrid. >>>>> To be built in Finland. >>>>> That will probably not be sold in the US. >>>>> >>>>> Way to go, Al! Push your agenda all over the world, using *OUR* money! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Source. Now. >>> >>> Why don't you pay attention? >> >> >> Did you originally get the story from television? > > It was all over all the networks. Television networks, right? |