Comments on: Aptera closes its doors

By: tapra2

tapra2 — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:22:16 +0000

The Carlsbad-based startup was also discussing an agreement with GM that would allow it to use a former GM assembly plant in Moraine, Ohio, Wilbur said.Top Windows Hosting

By: Jon Randall

Jon Randall — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:13:53 +0000

I weep for our nation. There was a time that ‘America’ meant innovation and vision. America’s big three automakers have enjoyed decades of government support in the form of tax incentives, favorable legislation, and more recently, bailouts. Though the bailouts netted a multi-billion $ profit for our nation’s treasury, clearly it’s not the sort of business America should favor. Modest tax derived investment in advanced auto technology can only make America more competitive and stronger in the coming decades. Small companies are critical to R&D efforts in this nation. Large companies are not as culturally nimble. The DOD’s SBIR/Technology Transfer program is one of the most profitable and successful government funded R&D programs ever conceived. Over 20,000 U.S. companies participate in the program. I work for an SBIR company that is over 20 years old and employs over 100 R&D professionals. Recently the government increased the SBIR ‘set-aside’ funding to strengthen technology R&D. We were excited to learn that $35 billion had been set aside from the government revenues to grow advanced auto technology. We were thrilled that the US government was trying to reverse decades of favoritism (picking the three winners, so to speak), but Congress is weak and folded under lobbyist pressure. Too bad for America. It seems our brighter future has been pushed back a few decades, again. Sigh.

By: curious

curious — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:38:16 +0000

what happens to the people that put the small deposit down on it over these past 3 or 4 years? Do they get it back, or are they out of luck?

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:03:16 +0000

Thank God, it did not turn into another Solandra!

By: MrEnergyCzar

MrEnergyCzar — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:48:00 +0000

It's best moment was being in the last Star Trek movie for a few seconds....

MrEnergyCzar

By: Capt. Concernicus

Capt. Concernicus — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:21:35 +0000

It's a decent 2nd car for enthusiasts who live in warm weather climates and have money to spend. Jay Leno...I'm talking about you.

By: Chris Denny

Chris Denny — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:09:20 +0000

Betting reviews weren't too hot, looks like the car that the man with the Golden Gun had in the James Bond film, and that was way back in the 1970's. Hard times for the automobile industry in dubious economic climate.

Shame the VC firms pulled the plug also.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:27:44 +0000

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