The lawsuit between electric sports car makers Tesla and Fisker may be resolved soon after an arbitration meeting with a San Mateo Superior Court judge takes place on August 26.
After the judge hears the case, he will have the option of scheduling a trial or set a deadline for a voluntary resolution between the two automakers. Fisker on Friday released a statement that said it is “extremely pleased” with this ruling because it “allows it to get a prompt and economical resolution of Tesla’s claims,” as per Automotive News.
To recap, the lawsuit, which was filed on April 14, alleges Henrik Fisker performed poor quality work and then stole Tesla’s confidential information, which he later used to launch his own car, the hybrid Karma sedan.
Tesla paid Fisker $800,000 to design the body and interior of the WhiteStar hybrid sedan and Tesla alleges Fisker’s actions delayed the car’s release by six months. In the meantime, Fisker’s Karma is still due for release by the fourth quarter of 2009, ahead of his former employer’s allegedly similar and inferior vehicle.
06/13, 2:40 PM
posted by:
DialM4Speed
Both are crap so who gives a snot!
06/15, 8:35 PM
posted by:
Soul_Est
If you DialM4Speed can show me a car that is as good for the environment as either the Tesla Roadster or the Fisker Karma and is BETTER then I’ll retract my statement of you being an informed fool who seems to care nothing about the environment. If you can’t come up with anything then please STFU.
06/16, 3:15 AM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Soul_Est, I do not care about the enviroment. I am sick of all this tree hugging, hippie nonsense about global warming and such, it is all a big scare tactic. And by the way, if you want a better car, dig up the story LLN did of the Renault all electric car in Israel, looks better then either one of these.
06/16, 8:55 AM
posted by:
DeansterTJ
**** the environment, I agree with NoName for once. Sick of this **** – the public is a collectie of stupid blind sheep. The icing on the cake is watching entire cities lobby their local governments for carbon tax. Makes me want to burn plastic in the driveway.
06/16, 9:03 AM
posted by:
E60M5
i agree, tree huggers can go **** an owl
06/16, 8:52 PM
posted by:
shitalker
this is what i love about this site.. you know, bunch of classy intelligent people.
hey, NoNameDenton1!!! you ****ing douche bag! of course you don’t care about the environment. you can’t even ****ing spell the word!!! wow.. so which shut down SUV plant do you work at huh?? how’s that gas price hitting your wallet? it’s people like you that’s holding this country back. please, don’t make comments if you don’t have anything intelligent to say, OK??
06/17, 2:26 AM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
You notice that people agreed with me, so must not be too unintelligent. And the gas prices are not hitting me to bad since I do not do much driving in the summer. I teach at the college level, so no plant work for me. By the way, your talking about being class and you used swear words at me? Should really examine yourself. And by the way, you are not the grammar police.
06/17, 7:39 AM
posted by:
JohnnyBlazE
On a large enough scale, anything we humans do means absolutely dick.
This global warming malarkey is bull – it’s all a natural cycle the Earth goes through. We won’t be around long enough to reap the benefits of electric cars for too long… It’s just something to do that gives the human race purpose because nothing else significant has happened lately.