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Two German investors, Ingo Voigt and Fritz Nol, announced their intent to buy Fisker Automotive, the failing plug-in hybrid car company, on 11 September. The team submitted a detailed offer to the US Department of Energy (DOE) along with a letter of intent for restructuring Fisker. DOE auctioning off the Fisker loan.
Henrik Fisker, Founder & CEO, Fisker Inc. My motto is never give up,” Fisker said at the 5th edition of the 2-day ETAutoTech Summit in Bengaluru. He admitted that while the autoindustry might be the hardest to succeed, the nascent EV industry is even more difficult. and SAIC-GM-Wuling at 4.9%.
nk, Fisker and Aptera, for example, would get cars on the road and allow the plug-in project the chance to more quickly advance to economic viability without the legacy burdens carried by the majors. And these days a billion dollars is barely a rounding error in the money going to prop up the American autoindustry.
Its almost been a religion that its EVs or bust, so lets not fool around with hybrids or hydrogen, says Michael Dunne , CEO of Dunne Insights , a leading analyst of Chinas autoindustry. The short-lived 2012 Fisker Karma took a similar approach. None of these vehicles made much impact on the market. counterparts.
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