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Fisker Karma In Monaco: Winner Of Owner Royalty Award?

According to startup plug-in hybrid maker Fisker Automotive, production of its 2011 Fisker Karma luxury sports sedan recently started in Finland. The company says it is focusing on delivering cars to dealers, so aside from giving a very small handful of journalists some quick driving time within...

May 31, 2011 by John Voelcker 1

Luxury Hybrid Maker Fisker Automotive Raises Extra $100 Million

May 13, 2011 2

Why Silicon Valley Won't Be Detroit For Green Carmakers

April 13, 2011 12

Plug-In Hybrid MPGs: Is Parallel or Range-Extended Better?

April 12, 2011 15

First factory-built Fisker Karma live photos

Electric-Car Range Extender Engines: OK Now, Can Do Better

Electric cars like the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and 2011 Fisker Karma get around the problem of range anxiety the old-fashioned way: They use gasoline engines. They do it because... April 6, 2011 by George Parrott 4

2011 Fisker Karma Production Begins In Finland, U.S. Deliveries In April

The best-looking (for now, anyway) electric-powered vehicle on the market is finally, well, on the market--or nearly so. Fisker's Karma extended-range EV entered production... March 22, 2011 by Nelson Ireson

New Fisker Karma Based Plug-In Hybrid Set For 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show?

The last we heard of the Fisker Karma was that the plug-in hybrid luxury sedan was still on track for delivery, either this month or in April, but with an increased starting... March 8, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 5

Electric Car Startups To Square Off Against Big Auto Competition

Competition is heating up in the electric car sector, and the next few years will be a challenging testing ground for startups looking to gain a foothold among consumers as... March 4, 2011 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat

Fisker To Release Karma Hybrid (Finally), With Extra $150M, Possible IPO

After several rounds of delays and price increases, electric car startup Fisker says it will start production next month for the Karma, a luxury plug-in hybrid priced at... February 24, 2011 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 1

2011 Fisker Karma 'Final Pricing' Goes Up Again, To $95,900

The 2011 Fisker Karma is still on track to reach U.S. dealers in March or April, according to the company. But there's one new piece of info: The price of the extended-range... December 23, 2010 by John Voelcker 15

Electric Car Company Think Starts U.S. Production Of City Minicar

Think is a Norwegian based manufacturer of electric cars and is the same company behind the original ‘Th!nk’ electric car that went on sale in the U.S. during the... December 16, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Fisker To Skip Detroit Auto Show, 2011 Karma Next In Geneva

For next month's Detroit Auto Show, we're making our list and checking it twice. But it turns out that one notable name in green cars is giving the country's largest auto... December 14, 2010 by John Voelcker 3

2011 Coda Sedan electric car, 'All Electric' badge, 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show

Naming Electric Cars And Companies: Is Anything Good Left?

Naming new car models is always tough. The latest head-scratcher is GM's decision to rebrand the replacement for its Aveo subcompact as the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, a name... December 10, 2010 by John Voelcker 9

Chrysler To Tap Federal Money--This Time, for Green Cars

Chrysler may join Nissan, Ford, Fisker and Tesla in winning a share of federal loans to convert old factories to greener-car production. Automotive News reports that Chrysler... October 27, 2010 by Marty Padgett 3

Report: Fisker Considering Six Model Lineup, Filing For IPO

Electric car start-up Tesla successfully launched a stock IPO earlier this year and in the process managed to earn the company a handy $226 million; crucial funding that will... October 5, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 2

2010 Paris Motor Show: Green Car Roundup of Production Models

The fall's first big European auto show, the 2010 Paris Motor Show, officially kicks off on Thursday, which is when all the press conferences happen. But the industry has... September 27, 2010 by John Voelcker

Waiting For Fisker: First Factory-Built 2011 Karma At Paris Motor Show

It's been a year of press announcements but no cars from Fisker Automotive. Now the company says that the first factory-built 2011 Fisker Karma will debut at the 2010 Paris... September 20, 2010 by John Voelcker

Fisker's $30M Parts Order Puts Karma Back On Track

Plug-in hybrid/electric vehicles are no strangers to the vaporware syndrome: a product is announced, promised to be the best ever, raises funds, then fails to materialize--or... September 14, 2010 by Nelson Ireson

A123 Spins Out Energy Storage Startup, Loses Chrysler Deal

Advanced battery maker A123 announced more than its quarterly earnings yesterday. In addition to posting a lackluster $22.6 million in revenue, the company spun off a new... August 12, 2010 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 1