It seems that not all outsourcing is equal … or something like that. Take, for instance, the building of an automobile known as the Fisker. This is the car that teen-throb Justin Bieber was driving when busted for speeding not so long ago. The Fisker is a set of wheels that appeals to socially conscious one-percenters. An electric sports car that tops out at well over 100 mph, the speed at which a cop said Bieber was traveling, even though the citation read a mere 80 mph. The car retails for over $100k but buyers get a $7,500 tax rebate, which certainly must have incentivized Bieber to buy his Fisker. Also Leonardo DiCaprio, another Fisker owner.
While the car is hot, the business, which got some green energy federal money, is not. According to Yuliya Chernova, writing in the Journal:
