Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Prodution lines at Fisker Automotive have lain silent for a month, the company revealed yesterday at the LA Auto Show. Fisker CEO Tony Pasowatz said that the hold-up is due to bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems, which is currently in the process of being sold.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

Fisker Automotive, Inc. New York-based Eco-Drive (Capital) Partners LLC, a European-American investment consortium, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, an early investor in Fisker, have together agreed to provide the capital. Early production vehicles of the 2010 Fisker Karma are slated to come off the assembly line late this year.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 7, 2014

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.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 1, 2014

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.

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EV Specifications

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Production-intent Fisker PEAR and a prototype of the Fisker Alaska pickup truck will be on display to the public from Nov. 26 for the duration of the LA Auto Show. PEAR is an innovative, high-volume crossover that the company recently showed at its Product Vision Day in August. 18 through Nov.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2013

The clock continues to tick for Fisker Automotive, which hasn't built any cars for roughly six months now. The company's new CEO, Tony Posawatz, has said Fisker is seeking a partner--some might say savior--that it can work with to help launch the Fisker Atlantic mid-size sedan it unveiled at last year's New York Auto Show.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Fisker unveiled the Ocean all-electric SUV today at the LA Auto Show, detailing three new variants for different driving styles. Fisker’s all-electric SUV, the Ocean, was unveiled late last night in Manhattan Beach, California, just before it hit the stage at the LA Auto Show today. Fisker Inc.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 26, 2012

The main task for Fisker Automotive right now is to sell enough 2012 Fisker Karmas to keep the company solvent. It must take in enough cash to market the car, expand into new markets, and simultaneously develop its next vehicle, the Fisker Atlantic unveiled at the New York Auto Show. Department of.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Fisker has had a rocky launch for its electric Ocean SUV, with several issues getting the vehicles produced and into the hands of its customers. ” Fisker has thousands of unsold vehicles from 2023 it plans to sell in Q1 But even before getting his hands on the car, Brownlee says his team was having issues. .

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Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2024

Fisker is scrapping plans for direct sales to customers. The startup is now turning to auto dealerships for sales and services. We decided we would rather give that money to a dealer so that we could expand faster,” said Henrik Fisker, the CEO, President, and Chairman of the EV startup.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 17, 2013

At this point, many auto journalists have a pre-written obituary for Fisker Automotive all ready to publish if that company declares bankruptcy. In fact, the company is now surviving on funds personally.' Which, so far, it hasn''t.

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Teslarati

JUNE 18, 2024

Fisker Group Inc. As noted in a report from the Associated Press , Fisker estimates that its assets are between $500 million and $1 billion. As noted in a report from the Associated Press , Fisker estimates that its assets are between $500 million and $1 billion. Just send a message to simon@teslarati.com to give us a heads up.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The production-ready 2023 Fisker Ocean debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show to an interested group of industry insiders and journalists. Henrik Fisker revealed his plans to shake-up the electric SUV category with the all-new, all-electric Ocean. Fisker Ocean One (Launch Edition: 5,000 Units). Fisker Ocean Sport.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

Karma Automotive’s planned distribution strategy will use both independent dealers and also company owned brand-experience centers to sell and service the new high-end Revero plug-in hybrid. The company said it has been curating best-in-class dealers in key markets in preparation for the Revero going on sale later this year.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2024

Things looked promising for Fisker at first, and the automaker actually delivered on its promise to design and manufacture a new EV. Even so, the automotive market is brutal and unforgiving, and Fisker’s fortunes have turned as it has had an uphill battle getting its new Ocean SUV out the door.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Tesla Motors gets a huge amount of media attention, and Fisker Automotive isn't far behind. The company is called Vehicle. Other automotive startups, including Coda Automotive and tiny Wheego Electric Cars, are less well known. But can you name the startup automaker that's built 2,500 cars since last September?

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Teslarati

JANUARY 17, 2024

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated a probe on 2023 Fisker Ocean vehicles after receiving 9 complaints about the car’s breaks. The NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE) to determine the scope and severity of Fisker’s brake complaints.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 9, 2024

auto safety regulator has ended a preliminary investigation into bankrupt electric vehicle (EV) maker Fisker, after a software update went out to fix an issue shifting into park. The preliminary investigation was looking into 7,745 Ocean units, and Fisker subsequently issued a recall and deployed a software update to fix the issue.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

This is part of a sustained effort to develop and commercialize technologies that will be broadly deployed throughout the American auto industry. billion to Ford Motor Company. and Fisker Automotive. Energy Secretary Steven Chu. In September 2009, DOE signed its first loan agreement for $5.9 Tenneco Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Separately, EnerDel has active relationships underway with automakers Think, Volvo, Mazda, Nissan ( earlier post ) and Fisker ( earlier post ). Separately, EnerDel has active relationships underway with automakers Think, Volvo, Mazda, Nissan ( earlier post ) and Fisker ( earlier post ). (At Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2012

After a week involving fires, financial woes and recalls, it looks like things may be looking up for Fisker Automotive: its 2012 Karma plug-in hybrid is the second best-selling 4-door luxury car in the Netherlands. As PlugInCars reports, Fisker’s founder Henrik Fisker is ecstatic. auto companies have been successful.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Last week, the Chinese company Wanxiang got U.S. With that underway, will China's largest auto-parts company now turn its sights toward one of A123's biggest customers, Fisker Automotive? government approval to buy bankrupt lithium-ion cell maker A123 Systems. Wanxiang America.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 16, 2012

We’ve said it many times before, building an auto company from scratch is extremely hard, and expensive. That’s probably why only two major plug-in car startups have made it to the point of building and selling cars globally: Tesla and Fisker. In order to continue, both firms are working every angle to survive.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2013

Loans awarded were: Ford Motor Company, $5.907 billion, Sep 2009: to upgrade factories across Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio and to introduce new technologies to raise the fuel efficiency of more than a dozen popular vehicles. The fiscal year 2009 continuing resolution provided the ATVM loan program with $7.5

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2024

Panasonic Automotive already formed relationships with companies in the industry, like Amazon and Fisker. Last year, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America unveiled Virtual SkipGen, a collaboration with Amazon. Panasonic Automotive also teamed up with automaker Fisker to create an audio system.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 13, 2019

Karma, the company that started as the new maker of the Fisker plug-in hybrid (and once Tesla-fighter) of the same name—now called Revero—plans a new birth, four years after buying the company out of bankruptcy.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fisker Inc. The electric vehicle startup is currently facing a number of challenges, such as a low stock price, missed targets, a pivot to franchised dealers, and negative reviews of the Fisker Ocean. Fisker’s stock price has fallen sharply, dipping below $1 per share last month. Why should I still invest in Fisker?

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EV Match

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Below is an overview of the November 2021 LA auto show, where electric vehicles (EVs) stole the spotlight! That’s why we were excited to learn about the electric vehicles introduced at last month’s LA Auto Show. We are very excited to see what this company does next. Photo courtesy of dot.LA. Photo courtesy of wallpaper.com.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 29, 2013

The decision has been hanging in the balance for some time now, but Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group has finally won approval to buy bankrupt battery maker A123 Systems. Wanxiang Group fought off bids from American company Johnson Controls to buy A123, which supplies electric car batteries to companies like Fisker.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 23, 2011

The electric auto industry -- more than the conventional auto industry -- is an extremely volatile and competitive place.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The 2010 Fisker Karma will be the world's first production series hybrid , or extended-range electric vehicle, when it comes off the line late this year. Just prior to the Karma's German debut at next week's Frankfurt Auto Show , the company released emissions figures for the car. Customer deliveries will start next May.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2009

I write a monthly column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. GM CEO Rick Waggoner was pushed out and the company got sixty days to get its act together. And these days a billion dollars is barely a rounding error in the money going to prop up the American auto industry. Here's my April column.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2007

The Fisker Coachbuild name meant nothing to me, but I'm not really an auto geek. We recently read that this premium automobile design company intends to offer a luxury plug-in hybrid. In a joint venture with Quantum Technologies , retaining the Fisker moniker, Fisker Automotive now has a one page website.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 10, 2012

A123 Systems, the bankrupt battery maker which supplies Fisker Automotive and others, has finally found a buyer. Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group Corp. parts company Johnson Controls Inc. fought off a joint bid from U.S. and Japan's NEC Corp, with a bid of $256.6

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 18, 2024

Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy today. Obviously we saw GM and Chrysler go boom during the bailout era, though both of those companies remain with us, albeit in slightly different forms. Rivian and Lucid have gotten off to decent starts -- I've driven a Lucid and it was really good -- but the auto business can be nasty.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

In the beginning was the Fisker Karma. Then came battery cell failures, bankruptcy, a Chinese company, a departing designer, a swaggering auto exec, a big honkin' V-8 engine, and two new companies.

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Baua Electric

JULY 10, 2024

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 auto industry might be the hardest to succeed, the nascent EV industry is even more difficult. It is easy to criticize, and it is hard to create.

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