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    Plug-In Hybrids Will Not Kill The Power Grid, Yet

    CREV Diesel Electric Hybrid: The Fisker Special Ops Vehicle

    Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid

    Fisker Gives Karma 67.2 MPG Estimated Fuel Economy Rating, Beats All Current Hybrids

    Fisker Karma To Make Powered Debut At Monterey Historics

    Tesla Model S To Start At $57,400, Undercut Fisker

    World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon

    Fisker Karma S Sunset: World's First Hybrid Convertible

    Fisker Sunset Concept Heading To Detroit

    Tesla Motors Loses Arbitration Hearing To Fisker Over Stolen Model S Designs
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/24/09

    In reply to Plug-In Hybrids Will Not Kill The Power Grid, Yet
    It's cool. I've developed a new hybrid engine that runs off of tired memes and free porn.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/24/09

    In reply to Plug-In Hybrids Will Not Kill The Power Grid, Yet
    One isn't a problem. A million could be a gigantic problem.

    It all depends on the rate of uptake, and the effort made to adapt the grid, and to incorporate new power sources - like solar and wind - while continuing to conserve electrical usage in other ways.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    11/24/09

    In reply to Plug-In Hybrids Will Not Kill The Power Grid, Yet
    Make it a proprietary plug that supplies power between midnight and six.
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    mr_dude was starred mr_dude was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/24/09

    In reply to Plug-In Hybrids Will Not Kill The Power Grid, Yet
    \Cartman

    Goddamned hippies

    /Cartman
     Reply
    that ain't the way to have fun, son was starred that ain't the way to have fun, son was unstarred
    Image of zacarious zacarious
    11/24/09

    In reply to Plug-In Hybrids Will Not Kill The Power Grid, Yet
    However, they will kill your motoring soul.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/23/09

    In reply to CREV Diesel Electric Hybrid: The Fisker Special Ops Vehicle
    Finally! A vehicle designed from the ground-up to kill unsighted pedestrians.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/23/09

    In reply to CREV Diesel Electric Hybrid: The Fisker Special Ops Vehicle
    Screw the Army having a quiet electric vehicle, why can't my milkman manage not to wake me every morning?

    And his Electric Vehicle can only do about 15mph and is armed with whipped cream.
     Reply
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    11/23/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: You have a...milkman?
     Reply
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/23/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: Now the milkman beats you to the door.
    What was once a home, home no more.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/23/09

    @beercheck: Milkman, DairyMinion, whatever, my cow extract matters are handled by one of the "little people"
     Reply
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/23/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: That'll teach me to leave a bigger Xmas tip
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    Image of Lounge Singer Chamois Lounge Singer Chamois
    11/23/09

    @beercheck:

    Rows and rows of disused milk floats
    stand dying in the dairy yard

    And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk bottles to their hearts

    Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry

    It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come

    fast and furious

    In a town called malice.
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    beercheck promoted this comment Lounge Singer Chamois was starred Lounge Singer Chamois was unstarred
    Image of beercheck beercheck
    11/23/09

    @Lounge Singer Chamois: Damn. Flashback.

    #tips
     Reply
    beercheck was starred beercheck was unstarred
    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    11/23/09

    In reply to CREV Diesel Electric Hybrid: The Fisker Special Ops Vehicle
    Shooting Karma's gonna get you
    Gonna shoot you right in the face
    Better get into your cave now
    We'll put you in your place

    Yeah, we all...shoot...guns
    Sometimes just...for...fun
    Yeah, we all...shoot...guns
    Guns guns guns guns guns
    Guns guns guns
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    11/23/09

    In reply to CREV Diesel Electric Hybrid: The Fisker Special Ops Vehicle
    "...fuel consumption 25% above similar vehicles."

    ?
     Reply
    YankBoffin was starred YankBoffin was unstarred
    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/23/09

    @YankBoffin: Yeah, it's Monday.

    Should have been efficiency instead of consumption, or lower rather than higher.
     Reply
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    11/23/09

    In reply to CREV Diesel Electric Hybrid: The Fisker Special Ops Vehicle
    That's what I want, a military vehicle that gets great gas mileage and provides no protection for the occupants! Why not just strap a machine gun to a golf cart?
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/23/09

    @Bertone77: ...because it's obviously a development mule?
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    11/23/09


    @Bertone77:
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    11/23/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I'm not so sure, if they were going to add armor it would negate any of the bragged about gas savings with the extra weight. But this is probably not intended for direct combat zones anyway, more like sneak attacks.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    11/23/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: :-P
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    Bertone77 was starred Bertone77 was unstarred
    Image of Battles Battles
    11/23/09

    @Bertone77: I've just searched You Tube and I'm amazed that I couldn't find an armed golf cart.
    America, why have you let me down?
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    Bertone77 promoted this comment Battles was starred Battles was unstarred
    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    11/23/09


    @Battles: Here you go
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/23/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: I'm not entirely sure why, but that picture made me laugh my ass of for almost two minutes straight.

    Maybe I need more coffee.
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    Image of MaWeiTao MaWeiTao
    09/23/09

    In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
    I thought Fisker was a Finnish company. Why aren't they providing the loan?

    But then I see Fisker is based in California, no doubt to benefit from US government handouts.

    What sucks is that this thing wont even be manufactured in the US; it's going to be build in Finland. So much for creating American jobs.
     Reply
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09/22/09

    In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
    I like the lines of the Panamerikarma... wonder how their electro-box will look? I'm not a big fan of their proposed price tag, though - nor that of the VaporVolt... maybe someday these car companies will figure out that you can already get an electric forklift that has more Mean power demands than any electric car needs - plus enough torque to lift several thousand pounds - for less than what they're proposing to build their electric cars for, and decide that they can do it for less.
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    Image of skierpage skierpage
    09/23/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: That's an instructive, but poor, comparison. Electric forklifts have low speeds with occasional bursts of power, and it's a benefit if their battery packs weighs more than a ton. (Crown 4500: max speed 10 mph, battery weighs up to 4000 pounds!).

    Hydrogen fuel cells from Ballard and Hydrogenics are already a reality for fork lifts, they claim benefits in eliminating the space, time, and hassle of recharging and swapping out hefty battery packs in a 24-hour operation.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    09/23/09

    @skierpage: It's certainly not an apples-to-apples comparison, nor was it intended to be... it was just there to illustrate that a level of price efficiency for a certain sector of electric powered vehicles - that are far from toys, by the way - has already been attained, so it seems senseless that they can't get there with regard to pricing for electric cars.

    Different purposes, different engineering, yes - but ferpetessakes, the car industry has been working on this for many, many years now & seem to not have made much progress on it.
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    Image of NiceNurseRatched NiceNurseRatched
    09/22/09

    In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
    A half-billion dollars - ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???

    I pay six figures a year in taxes for this bullshit!!! The assholes in Washington are taking the fun out of being rich! What in the name of Dagny Taggert should I do next? I'm getting ready to shrug...
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    Cognitive Friction promoted this comment NiceNurseRatched was starred NiceNurseRatched was unstarred
    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    09/23/09

    @NiceNurseRatched: is it time for Project X yet?
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    Image of jodark jodark
    09/22/09

    In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
    Might as well call this company Associated Steel run by Orren Boyle.

    What a fucking waste.
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    Image of Captain Liverspots Captain Liverspots
    09/22/09

    In reply to Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
    If you people think $39,900 is expensive, wait 'til you see the price tags on projects PINTA and SANTA MARIA.
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    TimTim promoted this comment Captain Liverspots was starred Captain Liverspots was unstarred
    Image of MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy
    09/22/09

    @Captain Liverspots: You just earned yourself a Christopher Columbus-approved heart-click.

    Also, you win the internet, or something.
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    bzr promoted this comment MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy was starred MrHowser: Now on XBL as NoReturnPolicy was unstarred
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