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Fisker Lays Off Workers, Seeks New Government-Loan Terms

The bad news just keeps on coming from electric-car startup Fisker Automotive. The company said today that it has laid off employees and contractors at both its new Anaheim, California, headquarters and its assembly facility in Wilmington, Delaware. Layoffs by car companies are hardly new, but...

February 6, 2012 by John Voelcker 10

2012 Fisker Karma: Brief Drive Report

January 20, 2012 12

Fisker Issues Recall And Personal Apology For Software Glitch

January 13, 2012 4

Fisker Recalls 239 Karma Electric Sedans To Fix Battery Pack

December 30, 2011 14

Volt-Style Battery Nightmare Before Christmas Haunts Fisker

What holiday gift do you give Fisker Automotive, the company responsible for the world’s first plug-in hybrid sports coupe? A Matchbox 2012 Fisker Karma perhaps? But a... December 26, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 10

2012 Fisker Karma, offered for sale on eBay, December 2011

2012 Fisker Karma In 3 Days? eBay Seller Wants It Gone--For Charity

Just can't wait for a 2012 Fisker Karma, the first examples of which are now finally arriving at dealers? Well, you can always turn to eBay, that massive online repository... December 19, 2011 by John Voelcker 29

2012 Fisker Karma Electric Car: Quick Drive Review [Video]

Price increases be damned, the 2012 Fisker Karma is finally here, and first examples are about to arrive in customers' driveways. Earlier in the week we posted our video... December 16, 2011 by Joel Feder 7

Fisker Automotive Lands Former Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda

Some would say that that the most difficult days for Fisker are behind it. After all, the company has managed to successfully design, test and launch its extended-range... December 15, 2011 by Kurt Ernst

2012 Fisker Karma: Price Goes Up Again, To $106,000 Or Higher

With the 2012 Fisker Karma now, finally, arriving in volume at dealerships, Fisker Automotive should finally begin to record some retail sales this month. Still, we're not... December 13, 2011 by John Voelcker 10

2012 Fisker Karma Electric Car First Drive Impressions: Video

After what feels like forever, the 2012 Fisker Karma electric car is finally about to go on sale. Last month, we showed you how to order a Fisker Karma. Now, we've been able... December 12, 2011 by Joel Feder 4

Electric-Car-Hating Top Gear Names Fisker Karma Luxury Car Of The Year

For as long as we can remember, there’s been an ongoing love-to-hate relationship between the BBC's Top Gear show and electric cars. Until yesterday that is, when Top... December 2, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 14

No Bull With Fisker Karma's Low Carbon, Sustainable Leather

It would be a shame to put so much effort into making a luxury super sedan like the 2012 Fisker Karma, only to fill the interior with materials that go against the low-carbon... November 17, 2011 by Antony Ingram 2

Fisker Promises 15,000 Karmas for 2012, Changes Story On Production Delays

Fisker Automotive, maker of the plug-in Karma sports sedan, hasn’t had an easy time of late, thanks to the Karma’s rather low EPA fuel economy rating and... November 16, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 7

Fisker Karma Electric-Car Production Ramps Up, But Slowly

Every carmaker ramps up production on a new vehicle slowly. So Fisker Automotive struck back at the thesis of a GigaOm article yesterday that suggested the company was... November 10, 2011 by John Voelcker

Dream About Ordering A 2012 Fisker Karma? We Show You How It's Done (Video)

Have you ever dreamed about just walking into your local Fisker dealer and ordering a Karma plug-in luxury sport sedan? Very few of us have the funds to afford the $95,900... November 7, 2011 by John Voelcker

2012 Fisker Karma Gets Good News From Germany: 50 Miles Of Range. Yes, But...

Fisker Automotive might be suffering a lot of pressure after its luxury plug-in hybrid was rated as having an all-electric range of just 32 miles by the U.S. Environmental... November 3, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 6

More Fisker Bad News: EPA Calls 20-MPG Karma A Subcompact

It's been a tough week for Fisker. The startup electric-car company finally got its car approved for sale, many months late, only to have the EPA rate its gas mileage at just... October 26, 2011 by John Voelcker 7

Fisker's Federal Fiasco: Loans, 20-MPG Electric Cars, Shoddy Reporting

Today, if the news cycle cooperates, ABC News will air a segment on its Nightline program that looks at Fisker Automotive--makers of the 2012 Karma plug-in luxury sport... October 25, 2011 by John Voelcker 28

Fisker: Affordable “Project Nina” Plug-in Hybrids Due By 2013

Its first mass-produced car may have won the acrimonious title of being the plug-in car with the worst fuel efficiency to date, but Californian automaker Fisker is trying to... October 21, 2011 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 4