"Our vision is that one of these plants would be the core element of a community energy center" that could provide a local, sustainable source of both transportation and heating fuel.

FORBES: Ethanol

Critics compared the model's most distinctive styling element, a vertical grille with a large oval in the center, to a horse collar or a car sucking a lemon.

WSJ: Edsel's Designer Took Flop in Stride

"The human element is always the most insecure, " says Jennifer Granick, executive director of Stanford's Center for Internet and Society.

FORBES: Accounting For Human Error