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10-31-2012, 02:06 AM | #1 | |
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16 Fisker Karmas burn to the ground due to Hurricane Sandy
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10-31-2012, 06:12 AM | #2 |
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Weird thing is there are others sitting next to them unaffected. Did one go bad and torch the ones next to it? I would argue that it seems likely that it wasn't just the 16 that happened to be parked next to each other. And the one next to them was fine. Unless of course they were parked by lot or something like that so perhaps they all had the same defect. Anyway salt water and electric vehicles seems a harsh combination
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10-31-2012, 06:52 AM | #3 |
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Hahaha we have been powering locomotives with generators and traction motors for decades and fisker completely screwed it
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10-31-2012, 07:50 AM | #4 |
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10-31-2012, 07:51 AM | #5 |
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10-31-2012, 08:35 AM | #6 |
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I'm not sure what is more crazy: the fact that these Cars just spontaneously combusted ***8230;.
or the fact that all those New cars in that lot were under Sea Water !!! |
10-31-2012, 09:36 AM | #7 |
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I'd bet one of them had the battery compartment breached, which led to a fire (due to the battery being exposed to oxygen.) Breached lithium batteries are super sketchy.
Once that one went up the ones near it went up. |
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10-31-2012, 10:12 AM | #9 |
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I'd laugh if Fisker torched them in order to collect on insurance. It would be the perfect cover story.
"The insurance company calls it fraud. Here at Fisker, we call it a fire sale!" |
10-31-2012, 10:55 AM | #10 |
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This always amazes me, someone is on the hook for those losses. Did they really think a seaport was the best place to keep so much product? I'm sure they considered other options (trucking them away, leaving them on the ship and boating away from the area), but i suppose there is only so much they can do. But it's not like this storm was a surprise, we had days or warning.
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10-31-2012, 11:04 AM | #11 | |
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The cost of 16+ dead Fiskers doesn't come close the cost of a single locomotive; and I don't think many shipping companies would want to take the extra liability (ie truckload of $100k+ cars through a Hurricane). |
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10-31-2012, 11:25 AM | #12 |
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More bad news for Karma
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10-31-2012, 11:37 AM | #13 | |
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https://maps.google.com/maps?q=port+...rt+Newark&z=15 I can't imagine the manpower, realestate and time (never mind the logistics) it would take to have these cars moved. I sincerely doubt that 1/2 of these could be moved in time. Sure, more the more expensive ones, but that's why insurance exists. --kC |
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10-31-2012, 12:04 PM | #14 |
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That is such an awesome picture...
also, be aware of buying a car that came from that port folks. You do not want a flood car. |
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10-31-2012, 02:14 PM | #16 |
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INSTANT KARMA
No body wanted the cars anyway. The orders were all canceled as they are going bankrupt right after the elections. As Obama gave them $530 million they will wait till next month in appreciation with pockets full. The old GM boxwood Delaware plant is still empty with NO Fisker employees or cars. here are recent photos geo tagged and dated what $530 million bought taxpayers https://plus.google.com/photos/10298...721?banner=pwa |
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I really liked those cars.
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11-08-2012, 03:36 PM | #19 |
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I want to cry just looking at these pictures
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11-09-2012, 06:34 AM | #20 |
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Yet they use a picture of the Porsche at someones house as the lead-in photo.
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11-09-2012, 09:01 AM | #21 | |
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The remaining loan which was not payed out, was earmarked for starting production on the Atlantic in Delaware, but the gov froze that money before they got the chance... so now they've pushed it back 2+ years. It's political BS like your own post that has kept the Delaware plant from opening... so please, take a minute to absorb the grand irony of your argument. |
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11-09-2012, 01:24 PM | #23 | |
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11-09-2012, 01:44 PM | #24 |
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There were some legitimate setbacks that Fisker face and attempted to appeal for the rest of the funds despite not meeting the original goals. The politics surrounding the deserted Delaware plant played heavily into the public perception of the company. I agree that it's a good idea to only back up private investors (that way the loan is a booster rather than a driving force for industry), but the politics have really hurt their ability to pull private funds in the first place.
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11-09-2012, 02:52 PM | #25 |
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They would not be able to anyway IMO. Tesla has sporty electrics sewn up already. Nissan, mitsubishi, etc have plebian electrics. GM, Toyota, Ford (c-max engergi) have PHEVs. Regardless of what a person thinks of fisker they would have had quite a hard go. The Nina was supposed to be different and target a low cost PHEV. If they could have actually done it then great, but otherwise they had very little to offer in terms of performance or efficiency. I am not saying they are bad, just that they mistimed the market and now have to compete against regular companies. Tesla was ahead.
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