I'm not sure about the Bangle rear (as usual), but as a pert tank the 5-series is hard to top. And the way the hood creases and shut line fit around and into the headlight and grille is is sublime artistry. So many other cars tried to copy this, especially the 2007 C C-Class, and failed.

This is a contraction of "who has", thus "who's proven themselves".

It's worse than that. "Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank are the lead underwriters on the [Tesla IPO]." It's no surprise Morgan Stanley's analyst thinks a company they financed for a big payout (and hope to participate in further funding or a takeover) is great. Wall Street was supposed to…

the Honda FCX Clarity, a hydrogen fuel cell which actually works in the real world

You're wrong. Please name a midsize diesel that gets Prius MPG (I'll even accept a European diesel, note many of them have a stop-start micro-HYBRID system). The ability to reclaim braking energy otherwise wasted as heat is a fundamental advantage of an electric powertrain; electric operation is fundamentally more…

No. Tesla needs to counter the "55 miles before needing a push" range meme that continues to spread from TG's show, and this lawsuit is working.

It's more even than you think. Tesla has ex-Jaguar chief of vehicle engineering (expert in the Model S's aluminium [sic] body) , ex-Mazda designer, and ex-Toyota production manager. Fisker has to pay Quantum for their far more complex plug-in hybrid powertrain and pay Valmet to assemble. Tesla makes its battery pack,…

Their costs to produce an all-new aluminum-bodied Model S in-house in volumes of the order of 10,000 a year seem to be about $500M. What's your point? And Tesla isn't "looking for investors", as a publicly-traded company they have a fiduciary duty to respond to their investors. Compare [ir.teslamotors.com] and,…

IANAL, but the suit's claims of Libel and Malicious Falsehood and Particulars of Malice on pages 8 onwards are specific in a way that both Tesla nor Willman's tiresome "make my side look good" posturing is not. You can use Google Docs Viewer to see the suit.

So really, even if the Tesla roadster only went 55 miles in a charge, who would know and more importantly, who would care?

The Roadster's price covers the cost of its production. Tesla was briefly profitable in 2009 before they started spending heavily on stores and the Model S program (negative cash flow is typical for start-ups aiming for growth, and the stock market thinks Tesla's plan to make more mainstream cars has some chance for…

Duh, no one gets an EV if their common trips aren't well within its range (except for journalists predisposed to write hit pieces).

Rich person gets out of bed, hops in Roadster that has fully recharged overnight, has a blast driving winding roads from her country estate to the highway, cruises 60 miles on the highway to work with a few acceleration blasts for the grins, silently drives city streets to the office, then enjoys the experience in…

A gorgeous, clean 90s design by Peter Stevens who went on to design the McLaren F1!. The Elan M100 wasn't mass market, it was "more-market" like the Elise. But it was too difficult and expensive to make, the same Lotus failing that doomed so many of their cars and the DeLorean DMC-12.

Agreed. It was a nice ride for 5 adults and their stuff, and the idea is still available as the Mercedes R-class for $50,000. But if you're not mommy in a tank the original Scion xB had much better packaging efficiency, and I know several people considering Cubes and Souls rather than obese CUVs.

That GAO report on the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan program seems pretty favorable:

Yes. Fisker announced last week the Karma is finally, really, actually, truly rolling off the production line at Valmet in Uusikaupunki, Finland. But "We're going to be ramping up very slowly, very carefully to ensure quality," Ormisher said. "This year we want to get over 7,000 deliveries." [www.autoweek.com]…

Close. Of the $528 million loan from "U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Technologies Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program.[13] $359 million is in support of Project NINA, to design, engineer and assemble (at the Boxwood Plant in Delaware) Fisker's second-generation sedan. Fisker aims to have a new, lower priced PHEV…

Fisker makes a nice car, but it's a plug-in hybrid. (If you want to claim it's an electric car because batteries propel it, then anyone can say the Prius and any other car with a "B mode" or "EV button" is an electric car. I blame GM for this pointless semantic debate.)

pushing the car into the garage as a segway