"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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John Stumbles wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:13:58 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ews.net,
Doctor Drivel wrote:
But what did Detroit know about batteries? Eberhard had squeezed 20
hours of run time out of the little power pack on his eBook.
But what - and this is the important bit - does Eberhard (sounds like a
porn star) know about cars?

That's not the point: what's important is that it sounds as if he _knew_
that he knew nothing[1] about car design and handed that side of the job
over to people with the expertise, in this case Lotus.

Who are arguably, with Prodrive and Ricardo, one of the top 3 independednt
automotive R & D companies in the world.

If you want to progress an industry get bright outsiders to do it.