Fisker Automotive
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Ten years ago, lithium-ion cell maker A123 Systems was a hot startup and a much-publicized company. This author, in fact, profiled the company for IEEE Spectrum in the technology magazine's September 2007 issue. The six years that followed proved enormously painful for the Massachusetts company, however. DON'T MISS: A123 Systems To Recall Electric-Car Battery Packs For Fisker, Others (Mar 2012) A high point was the announcement that A123 was one of two finalists in the "bakeoff" competition held by General Motors to select a battery supplier for its upcoming 2011 Chevrolet Volt. While A123...
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All-electric Fisker EMotion luxury sedan to debut in August
The low, sleek Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid luxury sedan had a stunning design but numerous problems, and Tesla mopped the floor with it. Now designer Henrik Fisker is ready for a rematch, this time with an all-electric sedan promising 400 miles of range (and unusual doors). The Fisker EMotion is...
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Fisker is coming back, he says, with 400-mile electric car using graphene cells (updated)
Henrik Fisker has designed some remarkable cars, among them Aston Martins, the BMW Z8, and of course the striking Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedan. That vehicle, launched in 2012 by his namesake company, saw production of less than 3,000 units before the company collapsed in...
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2017 Karma Revero (nee Fisker) launch: updates, new infotainment
The 2017 Karma Revero (nee Fisker Karma) was formally unveiled to the public and to Fisker owners tonight at an event in the canyons of Laguna Beach, south of Los Angeles. Executives of the company formed from the bankrupt wreckage of Fisker Automotive pledged that they've fixed the car's 2012...
John Voelcker -
2017 Karma Revero: first official photo of rebooted Fisker Karma released
As the 2017 Karma Revero gets closer to its official launch later this year, its maker has released the first official photo of the luxury plug-in hybrid sedan. The rebooted Karma is a modified and updated version of the car previously sold in 2012 as the Fisker Karma, before its maker shut down...
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Karma Revero (nee Fisker) to blend dealers and Tesla-like showrooms
Karma Automotive plans to use both franchised dealerships and company-owned "brand experience centers."
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The Fisker Karma will be known as the Karma Revero when it returns later this year.
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Fisker Becomes Karma Automotive, To Relaunch In 2016
Fisker Automotive is now Karma Automotive.
Stephen Edelstein -
Fisker Karma Plant In Southern California: More Details Emerge
Fisker has signed a lease for a new plant in Moreno Valley, California.
Stephen Edelstein -
The New Fisker Is Live: Original Karma Owners Get Most Support
A new Fisker website offers parts support for current owners.
Stephen Edelstein -
Electric Cars "Not Viable Markets" For Reborn A123 In U.S., Europe In Next 10 Years, CEO Says
Revived battery maker A123 Systems says it has no interest in returning to the U.S. electric-car market.
Stephen Edelstein -
Fisker To Be Renamed Elux, New Karma Not On Sale Before Next Year
Chinese maker Wanxiang, which bought the defunct Fisker Automotive out of bankruptcy, will rename the carmaker Elux, according to a Reuters report this morning. The company has also pushed back the planned relaunch of the Karma range-extended electric sport sedan until at least the middle of next...
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Fisker will license Quantum control software for the relaunched Karma, with an option for the planned Atlantic.
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DoE Program That Funded Tesla, Fisker To Restart; Alcoa In Line For Loan?
It's baaaaaaaaack. The U.S. Department of Energy's $25 billion low-interest loan program may be about to start awarding new loans. The DoE's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program endured intense political criticism for funding not only electric-car maker Tesla Motors but also...
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Fisker Karma Finnish Production To Resume Following Fixes, New Model Later
The new owners of the Fisker luxury car brand will resume production of the Karma range-extended electric sedan initially at a contractor's factory in Finland--but not until the company has fixed "about 250 bugs" in the vehicle. The news came as executives of Wanxiang, China's largest auto parts...
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Success Or Bust For Fisker's New Chinese Owner
Throwing money at a problem won't necessarily make it go away, but it might put you in a position to do something about it. That's essentially the method Fisker's new Chinese owners Wanxiang Group is taking to revive the once-bankrupt electric automaker--and the stakes are high. "I’ll burn as...
Antony Ingram -
New Fiskers In 2015? What Company Must Decide First
The embers of life still glow at Fisker Automotive, as the company readies plans to put its Karma back on the road by the middle of next year. With a new owner and new company president, hope has been renewed that the striking Karma and its stillborn stablemates would return, but Fisker still needs...
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Owners Of 'New Fisker' Offer Selective Electric-Car History
Ten days ago, a website appeared from Wanxiang America, the new owners of Fisker Automotive, under the title of "The New Fisker." The site included a comprehensive timeline of the formerly bankrupt company's past, warts and all: from the lawsuit by Tesla Motors against Fisker through the May 2011...
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Fisker Automotive is slowly returning. A new website isn't the be-all and end-all of a company back on the right track, but the new site is the first sign of stirring life within the company under its new owner, Wanxiang America, the U.S. arm of China's largest auto-parts firm. It's also slick, hopeful, and remarkably candid about the company's rocky history. What's clear is that the Karma will apparently be returning virtually untouched, with the same dramatic styling as before. And the same logo, contrary to expectations. Hopefully though, Wanxiang will see fit to fix the quality issues...
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Timeline For New Fisker Karmas: 'Within A Year'...Hopefully
The assets of the bankrupt Fisker Automotive are now in the process of being transferred to winning bidder Wanxiang America, but already the new owners have started to discuss their plans for the automaker. The latest news nugget is that Wanxiang hopes to restart production of the Karma...
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New Fiskers Will Have V-8s OR Batteries, Wanxiang Says
If lithium-ion batteries are "the heart of Fisker," according to new owner Wanxiang, then what does it say is "the soul of Fisker"? That would be the VL Destino, a version of the Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedan with no batteries, electric motors, or plugs at all. MORE: Who's Still...
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New Owner Wants To Restart Fisker Karma Production, ASAP
If all goes according to schedule, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Kevin Gross will rule today on whether the assets from bankrupt Fisker Automotive will be sold to Wanxiang, China's largest auto-parts maker. That company submitted the winning bid of $149 million for the remains of Fisker in an auction that...
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Fisker Assets Sold For $149 Million To Wanxiang, Chinese Parts Maker
The assets of bankrupt Fisker Automotive were sold to Wanxiang America at the close of an auction in Delaware bankruptcy court that lasted more than two days and lasted 19 rounds. Bloomberg reports that the Chinese company paid a total of $149.2 million for the company, or six times the price of...
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VL Buying Leftover New Fisker Karmas To Yank Out Electric Parts
A ready supply of cars to convert means the VL Destino could hit the road soon.
Stephen Edelstein