Why would the Department of Energy be so cheery about the state of things? Admitting failure in a public investment is a hard thing to do, but it should be done in the spirit of transparency. Perhaps they are waiting for official declarations of bankruptcy before they can file VPG and Fisker under " discontinued projects " like failed solar panel manufacturer Solyndra. Now what about the 37,000 jobs "created or saved" by ATVM? With Fisker and VPG having conducted layoffs, that can't possibly be accurate, right? It is and it isn't. Let's take a look at how that's the case.