TraderZones
Registered: Mar 2008
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11-02-09 07:19 PM
Hmm, this isn't the first time Biden put his foot in his mouth...
Biden Spills Beans on Automaker's Full Line of New Vehicles
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
By Gary Gastelu
Vice President Joe Biden, during a visit Tuesday to a Delaware automotive assembly plant, unwittingly revealed startup manufacturer Fisker Automotive's undisclosed plans to produce a full line of plug-in hybrid vehicles at the facility.
Near the end of his speech, Biden asked the crowd of mostly UAW workers, who had worked at the Boxwood Road facility in Wilmington when it was owned by General Motors, to imagine when this factory, when the floor were standing on right now is making 100,000 plug-in hybrid sedan, coupes and crossovers every single year."
Fisker, which is in the process of purchasing the plant, previously said only that it was developing the sedan, to be priced at around $40,000 after state and federal tax credits are taken into account.
In an interview with Foxnews.com after the presentation, company founder and CEO Henrik Fisker confirmed that what Biden said was accurate.
He definitely told what our product plans are, Fisker laughed, adding that all of his company's cars are being developed from the start with at least three derivatives in mind.
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