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What's Going On At Fisker These Days?

At this point, many auto journalists have a pre-written obituary for Fisker Automotive all ready to publish if that company declares bankruptcy. Which, so far, it hasn't. And according to Reuters, its remaining executives are working furiously to arrange a buyout to avoid that fate. In fact, the...

June 17, 2013 by John Voelcker 9

Orphaned Fisker Owners Offered $4K/Year Service Contract By...Whom?

May 30, 2013 5

Henrik Fisker Partners With Chinese Firm To Bid For Fisker Automotive?

May 29, 2013 11

Wanxiang-VL Offer For Fisker Reported To Be Just $20 Million

May 23, 2013 6

Bob Lutz's VL Automotive Bidding For Ailing Fisker: Report

Previously unknown brand VL Automotive surprised Detroit Auto Show goers earlier this year by unveiling the Destino--a V-8-powered luxury sedan based heavily on the Fisker... May 22, 2013 by Antony Ingram 6

DoE Fear After Fisker Fiasco Caused Death Of VPG, Ex-CEO Says

The ex-CEO of a now-defunct automaker that received a federal loan said his company would still be in business if the government were not afraid of backlash like that... May 15, 2013 by Alex Davies, Business Insider 1

As Predicted, Fisker Execs & DoE Get Roasted In House Hearing

Fisker Automotive CEO Tony Posawatz didn't attend yesterday's House committee hearing on the company's loan from the U.S. Department of Energy. He's out desperately seeking... April 25, 2013 by John Voelcker 7

Fisker Misses DoE Loan Payment; House Hearing Tomorrow

The fortunes of the two highest-profile electric-car startups couldn't be diverging more starkly today. Yesterday, Fisker Automotive failed to make a payment of $10 million... April 23, 2013 by John Voelcker 18

Is Fisker The Most Tragic VC-Backed Debacle In Recent History?

In January 2005, legendary car designer Henrik Fisker founded a company to bring innovative new thinking to the automobile industry. Between that date and today, Fisker... April 18, 2013 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 8

Congress Sets Date For Fisker Loan Hearings: April 24

Green energy and electric vehicles are an easy target for politicians at the best of times, but even more so when they fail, taking down millions in unpaid government loans... April 10, 2013 by Antony Ingram 8

Fisker Layoffs Followed By Federal Lawsuit Over Lack Of Notification

The last few weeks have made painful reading for fans of electric car startup Fisker Automotive. It seems fate has a few more nails to bang in to Fisker's coffin. Automotive... April 8, 2013 by Antony Ingram 2

2012 Fisker Karma EcoChic, New York City, Jan 2012

Fisker Karma: Range Extended Electric Car Ultimate Guide

Make a car desirable enough, and people will buy it whatever is powering the wheels. That's the theory anyway, but in a world of unease over the suitability of electric cars... April 6, 2013 by Antony Ingram 3

Fisker Lays Off Most Of Its Employees; Is This The Final Blow?

Newspapers keep in their files pre-written obituaries for people who are old, known to be ill, or famous. We have a feeling we should start dusting off the one we wrote... April 5, 2013 by John Voelcker 8

Is Fisker Automotive About To Declare Bankruptcy?

Storm clouds continue to gather over troubled luxury electric-car startup Fisker Automotive. We reported on Thursday that Fisker had put its entire U.S. staff on a... March 30, 2013 by John Voelcker 9

Fisker Puts U.S. Workforce On Temporary Leave To Save Cash

Fisker Automotive has put its U.S. workforce on furlough this week as the troubled automaker seeks to save cash. The company has spent recent months seeking a buyer, and... March 28, 2013 by Antony Ingram 4

Fisker Atlantic Design Prototype - 2012 New York Auto Show

Fisker Bid By Geely Deemed 'Too Risky' Due To U.S. Government Loans

While Henrik Fisker's departure from the company he founded has dominated the headlines of late, Fisker Automotive itself still has other problems to deal with. Top of the... March 18, 2013 by Antony Ingram 3

Why Fisker Left Fisker: Would Have Been 'Wrong To Stay'

The news that Henrik Fisker had left Fisker Automotive came on Wednesday, leaving electric-car advocates and Fisker Karma fans wondering just what had happened. Fisker... March 17, 2013 by John Voelcker 1

Update: Co-Founder Henrik Fisker Leaves Fisker Automotive, Struggling Electric-Car Firm

Henrik Fisker, co-founder and executive chairman of electric car company Fisker Automotive, quit the company today. In a statement sent to Autocar and other outlets, Fisker... March 13, 2013 by Antony Ingram 28

2012 Fisker Karma in Costco parking lot, Santa Monica, California [photo: Chris Williams]

Fisker Drops Lawsuit Against Insurer Over 300 Flooded Karmas

Remember those 338 Fisker Karma electric cars wrecked by Hurricane Sandy while they were sitting on a Port Newark dock? Remember the December lawsuit Fisker filed against its... February 22, 2013 by John Voelcker 3