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Tony Posawatz, CEO of Fisker, at the Los Angeles Auto Show on the company’s new electric smart car.
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Is that the auto show with a look at the company's only -- not -- Club the -- had this big compromiser and -- you Jeff Flock.
Well yet the bad karma for fiscal lately but first I'll tell yet this is not a fist or that is actually Mercedes that's -- electric.
2014 SL SA MG they're trying to take pictures ever right now other guys who from around -- won't be so white board there.
There's plenty Electric's in LA because LA of course California that's a Smart Car designed by the designer Jeremy Scott.
They another Smart -- electric -- well a lot of -- but nobody.
Does only Electric's like this current hot -- I'm so.
Police to be joined by Tony -- watts who's the CE OMR.
We know him as the engineering father of the Chevy Volt you are now but it's her first of all what possessed you to take this job.
Well you know I root for the under -- and when you have a car like the mr.
-- it is this gorgeous and has this wonderful technology.
I mean.
You gotta give -- ago but you didn't engineering yourself.
Well but I believe that this technology is is that car of the future to -- you can drive a karma today it's the fourth best selling -- -- -- United States -- wrestling reflecting higher according car.
You know terms -- -- you've had little.
Funky karma here lately I saw the picture of the once -- got burned and in Santee.
You know there's some issues around how are you do with acting you replace those cars can get -- back to market.
Well there was -- cars that were literally submerged.
And so much devastation with sandy.
Like any good car company we gotta be resilient we gotta be nimble we move forward.
And then is like like this if -- move onward and we get exciting Carter very short right those caller yes there insurance that actually get to make more cars.
Well we hope -- -- more -- very soon the customers love the -- that we have right now many people are going to gas station only once a month.
And it's got a 400 horsepower power train system as well you're showing the mystery here but you've got another one in the works the Atlantic also revealed very excited about the fiscal Atlantic can't -- -- specifics on the timetable.
But as the car's going to be half the price and just as beautiful and just as exciting -- -- -- we get away you've had some government help like in Delaware for example for your Nino project -- tell our viewers what that is and where you stand in terms of hiring because we talk to the governor the other day and he said.
But -- to see those gusts are higher in some workers they promise.
Well we are we took the original loan money from the government and we built the karma.
It's an hour -- -- next stage of funding.
We've updated did determine that we're gonna have an engineering center in the -- midwest so that was a step in the process so that we have engineers close to the Delaware plan.
-- -- not too far away from making some further announcements and when -- start this need a project or the fiscal Atlantic program.
-- social victory -- -- states don't open longer have to reinstate him Tony great to see you again as we said the poll the father of the volt right here.
Moving on to -- these guys to only electric some like those guys GM they sell much of gasoline powered cars to I think still.
Again at a plug in is the future if he's.
That -- gasoline steps old school and a lack.
