Reply #26: Agreed [View All]

[lithiumbomb]

I wish them luck, but I believe there is a fair amount of smoke and mirrors to get some positive PR as well as make the company more attractive for sale. Their electric sports car is a Lotus Europa and I'll bet you it's got a Tesla drivetrain in it. The Tesla electric sports car is based on the Lotus Elise, and Lotus helped with some of the development and manufacturing. Tesla sells theirs for $100k each (and is on the verge of going under). This isn't a mass market car.

For their gas/electric contraptions, their prototypes were simply mockups. Even if Chrysler gets a bailout, it has no money to even develop replacements for its existing product lines, much less come up with gas/electric hybrids. I hope they pull it off but they are going to need a serious injection of money from a partner.