Snipped from Wired.com.

Yes, I said it. Get over it! Retarded: “delayed or held back in terms of progress, development, or accomplishment.” — Apple Dictionary. I am sorry, but the word retarded should not be removed from an active vocabulary because someone somewhere associated it with the mentally retarded. If used properly, it is still a legitimate English word.

Anyways, there is a new automotive company on the block that is competing with the EV, plug-in hybrid market. This company has a fully functional, production ready plug-in hybrid sports car that is at the same stage in production as the GM Volt. Here is the kicker: The company is only 19 months old.

How long as GM been in business? 90 years? Why is our “Big Three” the “Retarded Three?” All the resources in the world, and they can’t keep up with small, self-starter companies that have a hundredth of the resources. Oh, I know. They have reached their Peter Principle. The’re too f*^king big and top heavy!

Here is a small portion of the article:

The super-luxe EV made its public driving debut Saturday during the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races. It lapped Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca at about 100 mph, and it was wild seeing a car move that fast without making a sound. The lap of the historic track came just 19 months after designer and company CEO Henrik Fisker unveiled the car at the Detroit auto show.

“Fisker Automotive is only 19 months old, and we’re already as far along with the Karma as General Motors is with the Volt,” company spokesman Rusell Datz told Wired.com moments before COO Bernhard Koehler took to the track ahead of a pack of vintage Porsche 908s and 917s.
The Karma is a lot like the Chevrolet Volt, and it uses the same basic technology as the Volt. Fisker just wraps it in much sexier bodywork.

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