Judge sides with Fisker in Tesla arbitration case
By Donald Melanson 
posted November 3rd 2008 3:30PM
posted November 3rd 2008 3:30PM
It started out with allegations of stolen secrets and quickly gave way to plenty of jokes involving "bad karma" before ultimately winding up an in arbitration, and it now looks like the legal tussle between Tesla Motors and Henrik Fisker of Fisker Automotive has finally come to a close. That lawsuit, as you may recall, had accused Fisker (who worked on Tesla's WhiteStar sedan) of stealing Tesla's hybrid technology and using it in Fisker's own car, the Fisker Karma. The judge in the case apparently couldn't disagree more with Tesla's claims, however, and has now cited "overwhelming" evidence in ruling in Fisker's favor. For it's part, Tesla simply said that, "we disagree with the ruling, and we're focused on producing and shipping cars to our customers," while Fisker is expectedly taking the opportunity to gloat a bit, saying that the ruling "completely vindicates" Fisker.
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That car is sex on wheels!
Is that an electric blue sex toy on wheels... or are you just happy to see me?
I'll turn you on like a tiger baby
Hard body, motor city, love life
ok, the bad innuendos need to stop right here.
@a ham sandwich
are the good innuendos allowed to continue?
It looks like a Honda Civic with a stretched out front end and fugly rims.
Count me out.
Oh yeah.. because otherwise you were totally going to buy it.
douche bag.
That looks like a stretched out Honda Civic?
I don't even know how to comment on your comment...
Not really. The car just looks fugly.
I can think of plenty of valid criticisms about this car but fugly is definitely not one of them.
Oh well, there's no accounting for taste...
Curious, what do you think is a good/sexy looking car? If you say Nissan blah blah blah with big spoiler, under body neon light, green tinted windows to match its lime finish with black flames... then I can see why you wouldn't like this car and all its class.
"Fugly" is probably my least favorite word ever. It hurts me to hear it.
hell, I dont give a damn if the technology is nationalized. Lets get more electric cars out on the road!
Fisker is the man... that company makes beautiful cars!
http://www.fiskercb.com/
O_O
Better than Tesla, in my opinion!
I may comment that the website's background music is awesome too. ^_^
Yeah anyone know the name of the music tracks on the site?
Heads up. "For ((((((it's))))))) part, Tesla simply said that..."
awesome car. and I must say the music on that web site is magic! anyonwe knows what it was?
How come GM, Toyota, etc, don't make cars this beautiful?
Karma is very aptly named, however judging by the looks of the car... Fishker Karma is a little bit more suitable .
I like that picture of the car with the water, ice or snow, sky, etc. Very nice.
It looks like a blue penis that's about to launch into the air.
Isn't Tesla mostly a Lotus with a electronic engine and a faulty gear box? Is there any technology to steal from in the first place?
the music is is called "Roxane's Veil" by Vanessa-Mae (Sony Music Entertainment), or so says SHAZAM and my G1 phone...
and, YES, that car rocks!
Sounds to me like Tesla tried to interfere with Fisker by trumping up a bunch of lies to slow a legitimate competitor down by poisoning their well with suppliers & investors.
Good cover story with the Tesla investors too as to why management is NOT incompetent in its mismanagement of the company. Guess all those ex-CEOs and employees were someone else's fault as well. Yeah right… time to join the Tesla DeathWatch.
Great looking car in person, saw it in Detroit.