I didn't miss the point of the OP. j-mac was trying to say we're seeing this recall because 1) hose clamps are "new tech" (what???) and 2) production of electric cars is ideologically driven instead of technologically driven. I'm saying we see far larger recalls from "old tech" cars so this recall tells us nothing about the viability of electric cars.
Personally, I would've preferred Fisker kept the production entirely in the US. Live and learn. Various people are making a big deal out of this to slam Obama and prove electric cars are a bad investment. I call bull****. Most American cars on the road today have components assembled in many countries. Fisker is simply following the auto-industry norm.
Well, it is a slap in the face to this administration where-as it is another "investment" to create jobs that has backfired on them. Either that or no one told them that were supposed to create jobs HERE....oops
And I understand that the auto industry is getting parts from all over the world, but to take tax payer dollars to build a "green" car and create jobs here...then up and decide that there isnt enough skilled labor in the US? Thats even too far fetched for anyone to believe.
Caterpilar opening up a new plant in China...with US tax payer money
Solandra etc... and that whole "pay off your campaign supporter" bull...with tax payer money
Jeff Imelt (sp?) from GE being appointed as jobs czar to create jobs here in the US - while closing its Mich plant, laying off those workers and moving those jobs to China
Either this administration is completely inept or just plain stupidly obvious that it cares more for their campaign supporters and donors than it does the American people.
And where is this energy to plug in these cars supposed to come from? The foreign oil we are trying so hard to break away from or the fossil fuel plants Obama has sworn to tax out of existence (his words, not mine).
AEP (American Electric Power) has already stated that it will close 5 power generating facilities in the US in 2012 because of new EPA regulations laying off approximately 15,000 workers.
I agree that we need to work on alternative energy sources, but we cant keep cutting off our noses to spite our faces. We have enough oil between the US & Canada to completely eliminate the need for overseas foreign crude. We should exploit those resources, creating jobs and thus a larger tax base rather than sending money overseas to countries that despise us.
In addition, the second those companies who took federal monies (our tax dollars) announced they were opening new plants abroad, they should have been made to give back the tax payer money....money we dont have to start with and had to borrow.
