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Fisker financials, failures, fires and furloughs
There's no hiding that Fisker has had one or two problems. It started with problems acquiring DoE loans, continued when Fisker got sued, and has taken a nasty turn with inquries over a fire involving one of the cars. Those issues have sadly continued over the last year or so, with poor reviews from Consumer Reports, and the destruction of several Karmas in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Worse still, Fisker appears to be on its last legs. With production stalled following battery supplier A123's bankruptcy, Henrik Fisker's departure from the company bearing his name and the redundancies of most of the workforce, the Fisker Karma might not be long for this world.
You can see further detailed reports in The Car Connection's 'Fisker, An Influential Disaster' and Motor Authority's 'Fisker Automotive: The Final Flameout'.
Financials...
- Fisker Bid By Geely Deemed 'Too Risky' Due To U.S. Government Loans (New!)
- Fisker Drops Lawsuit Against Insurer Over 300 Flooded Karmas (New!)
- 338 Fisker Karmas Wrecked By Sandy Waiting For Recall Parts (New!)
- Fisker Insurer Won't Pay For 300 Flood-Ruined Karmas; Lawsuit Follows (New!)
- Will Fisker Ask For Rest Of its Stalled DoE Low-Interest Loan?
- Fisker Karma Assembly Stalled Til Bankrupt Battery Maker A123 Is Sold
- More 2012 Fisker Karma Woe: Consumer Reports Review Savages Plug-In Hybrid
- Tesla CEO Gets More Stock Options, Fisker Seeks More Cash
- Senators Question DoE Loans To Fisker, Cite Qatar Investment
- 2012 Fisker Karma Plug-In Is Real, But Will Company Survive?
- Fisker's Federal Fiasco: Loans, 20-MPG Electric Cars, Shoddy Reporting
- Fisker Automotive Raising $200 Million At $2.2 Billion Valuation
- Luxury Hybrid Maker Fisker Automotive Raises Extra $100 Million
Fires...
- Sandy Flood Fire Followup: Fisker Karma Battery Not At Fault
- Sandy Carnage: Fisker Karmas Submerged In Salt Water Burn At Port
- Fisker Fire Cause: Not Exhaust, Battery, Or Electric Drive, Company Says
- Fisker Karma Fire Due To Faulty Cooling Fan, Recall Underway, Factory Says
- Second Fisker Karma Fire Casts Fresh Doubt On Plug-In Hybrid
- NHTSA Opens “Field Inquiry” Into Texas 2012 Fisker Karma Fire
- Fisker Karma Fire: Owner, Company, Analyst Trade Accusations
- Dead Fisker Karmas: One May Be A Fluke, But Is Two A Trend?
Furloughs, failures, finality?
- Fisker Lays Off Most Of Its Employees; Is This The Final Blow? (New!)
- Is Fisker Automotive About To Declare Bankruptcy? (New!)
- Fisker Puts U.S. Workforce On Temporary Leave To Save Cash (New!)
- Why Fisker Left Fisker: Would Have Been 'Wrong To Stay' (New!)
- Update: Co-Founder Henrik Fisker Leaves Fisker Automotive, Struggling Electric-Car Firm (New!)
![2012 Fisker Karma in Costco parking lot, Santa Monica, California [photo: Chris Williams]](http://images.thecarconnection.com/tmb/2012-fisker-karma_100411139_t.gif)
![2012 Fisker Karma in Costco parking lot, Santa Monica, California [photo: Chris Williams]](http://images.thecarconnection.com/tmb/2012-fisker-karma_100411138_t.gif)
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No wonder our kids are failing in the world of science.
So your extended range MPG is really only 54*0.75 = 40.5mpg. BARELY matches EPA rating and below EPA's hwy rating!!!!
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