Novine Member Username: Novine
Post Number: 834 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 2:47 pm: | |
Last month, Michigan lost its preeminent alternative powertrain engineering lab when Tesla Motors closed up there in the face of fundraising woes. Now the state is getting another one. Fisker Automotive said today that it would open a design and engineering center in Pontiac, Mich. The Irvine-based company, which is working on a plug-in electric hybrid sedan called the Karma, said it would hire up to 200 engineers and designers for a 34,000-square-foot facility. http://latimesblogs.latimes.co m/uptospeed/2008/11/fisker-mic higan.html |
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336
Post Number: 8105 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 2:48 pm: | |
fisker is better financed, so net + for the region? |
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo
Post Number: 2874 Registered: 02-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 2:51 pm: | |
Good news. |
Glowblue Member Username: Glowblue
Post Number: 16 Registered: 09-2008
| Posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 12:47 am: | |
A definite plus, since the Tesla facility only employed a few dozen people IIRC. |
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