Green Car Reports

JUNE 8, 2022

Fisker gives a look inside its upcoming affordable urban EV. A Senator's "expensive" electric car turns out to be the cheapest one on the market, and helps make a point. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A study sounds the alarm about fast-charging reliability. And higher coal prices are helping clean the grid.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 23, 2012

Make a car desirable enough, and people will buy it whatever is powering the wheels. That's the theory anyway, but in a world of unease over the suitability of electric cars, the Henrik Fisker has taken the more comfortable, usable route to creating an electric car: The range-extended 2012 Fisker Karma.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2020

A plan by Fisker Inc. to use Volkswagen's MEB electric-car platform has reportedly stalled. Negotiations between the two companies that were supposed to end this month are now delayed until at least September, the company reported in a financial document filed Friday.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Make a car desirable enough, and people will buy it whatever is powering the wheels. That's the theory anyway, but in a world of unease over the suitability of electric cars, the Henrik Fisker has taken the more comfortable, usable route to creating an electric car: The range-extended 2012 Fisker Karma.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 2, 2011

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 Gear Magazine caught everyone off guard by announcing that its Luxury Car of The Year was none other than the $95,900 Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 15, 2023

Fisker Inc. is commencing the next phase of production as it accelerates its global launch of the electric Fisker Ocean SUV, and is planning to deliver to next customers across Europe and US markets starting in June.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The CEOs of Tesla and Fisker may have thought they were home free--but it was not to be. Both startup electric-car companies were named at the very end of last night's third and final presidential debate.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 23, 2023

Fisker Inc. will today begin making its first deliveries of the Fisker Ocean SUV to customers in the US. Fisker will commence deliveries of 22 vehicles at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time, at a company facility in the Los Angeles area where product specialists can familiarize customers with their Fisker Ocean One launch edition SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Viggo, a technology-driven Danish ride-hailing service, has ordered 300 Fisker Ocean electric SUVs, marking Viggo’s largest single order to date. Viggo, founded in 2019, is aiming to challenge the standards for urban transportation through advanced data-driven innovation, zero-emission cars and Scandinavian simplicity.

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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

MARCH 17, 2014

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 suspension of funds from its U.S.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Fisker sold out two trim levels destined for the United States for its Fisker Ocean SUV: the $37,499 Fisker Ocean Sport and the $49,999 Fisker Ocean Ultra. Last month, Fisker sold out of the $68,999 Fisker Ocean One limited edition globally, securing $5,000 deposits from 5,000 reservation holders in just 30 days.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

MARCH 6, 2009

Maybe you saw the Fisker Karma, a plug-in hybrid luxury sedan, in Detroit this year. Think I like her better than the Tesla Roadster?

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 7, 2023

The all-electric Fisker Ocean completed and met all applicable FMVSS testing required for US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) self-certification and meets New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) standards for a 5-star rating, Fisker Inc. announced on Thursday.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 10, 2020

Electric-car startup Fisker Inc. Bacon, according to a Fisker press. announced Thursday that it had hired several new executives, and secured $50 million in funding for development of its Ocean SUV, due in 2022.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2011

When you buy an electric car, you will most likely need a charging station. As buyers start to bring home plug-in cars, they will also expect their dealer to help them acquire and install a 240-Volt charging station (technically known as an EVSE, though few people call them that).

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has weighed in with his verdict on startup electric-car maker Tesla Motors: It's a "loser." So, for that matter, is another startup that's still in business, Fisker Automotive.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 5, 2023

The first customer of the all-electric Fisker Ocean SUV took delivery of their new vehicle in Denmark. The owner received their vehicle from Fisker Chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker at the recently opened Fisker Center+ facility in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2014

Today on Green Car Reports: New Fisker Karma plug-in hybrids may arrive by 2015, why workplace electric-car charging matters, and Oklahoma adds a fee for homes that connect green energy sources to the grid. All this and more on Green Car Reports. GM may be.'

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 25, 2011

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 sedan--and the low-interest loans it and Tesla Motors have been granted by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2020

As Tesla stock soars, electric-car startup Fisker Inc. In order to go public, Fisker will merge with Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp., announced Monday that it plans to become a publicly-listed company. a special purpose acquisition firm backed by private equity firm Apollo Global Management.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2013

The news that Henrik Fisker had left Fisker Automotive came on Wednesday, leaving electric-car advocates and Fisker Karma fans wondering just what had happened. Fisker himself cited "major disagreements" over the company's "business strategy."

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 15, 2018

Fisker Inc., the second namesake automaker from the Danish auto designer, rolled out its first model at the Consumer Electronics Show last week and gave us some details on what to expect from the luxury electric car.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 27, 2023

The all-electric Fisker Ocean Extreme achieved a combined WLTP range of up to 707 km/440 UK miles, the longest range of any battery electric SUV sold in Europe today, exceeding Fisker’s estimates and providing Fisker Ocean owners with range assurance, comfort, and convenience.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

Fisker Inc. announced that it will offer a special luxury version of the award-winning Fisker Ocean SUV. Fisker says the Ocean Extreme Monterey Edition will be the most luxurious offering of the Ocean lineup, which currently consists of the Extreme, Ultra, and Sport trim levels.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 4, 2023

Fisker Inc., and Ample, a leader in energy management and module battery swapping, announced a partnership to deliver Ample-powered Fisker EVs. This partnership is important to Fisker’s long-term strategy to increase scale and adoption of its EVs in the United States and Europe.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Fisker Inc. is achieving manufacturing milestones as 95 prototype Fisker Oceans have already rolled off partner Magna Steyr’s production system. Fisker will use the early-run vehicles to train service workers, conduct rigorous testing, and showcase the five-passenger, all-electric SUV across nine launch markets.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Fisker Inc. has selected Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle and energy management solutions worldwide, as Fisker’s global partner for home EV charging solutions. Fisker and Wallbox are partnering to offer Fisker owners Wallbox home EV chargers for purchase through the Fisker website in the U.S.,

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Fisker Inc. announced that it intends to open its first Fisker Lounge in Shanghai, China, continuing the roll-out of its China business. China is an incredibly important market for us,” Chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker said. “We

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 9, 2023

Fisker Inc. is launching the Fisker Ocean Force E, a special off-road edition intended to broaden EV market appeal. The off-road category is currently dominated by internal combustion vehicles, but Fisker wants to change that.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 11, 2023

Fisker Inc. announced its plans to open a delivery center in China in 2023 and commence deliveries of the Fisker Ocean SUV in Q1 2024.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 1, 2023

Fisker Inc. announced that as of May 31, the all-electric Fisker Ocean Extreme has an Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) estimated total range of 360 miles on standard 20” wheels and tires, exceeding Fisker’s previous estimates.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 27, 2023

Fisker Inc. announced that European regulators have certified the Fisker Ocean SUV. The entire Fisker team is excited to get the Fisker Ocean One launch edition to our reservation holders,” said Chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker. The company intends to start deliveries to European customers on May 5.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The hottest segment for new electric vehicles is by far the crossover and SUV category, and Fisker is ready to drop its new crossover into this segment. I recently had a chance to check out the highly anticipated Fisker Ocean, Fisker’s first full electric vehicle for the masses.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2013

Storm clouds continue to gather over troubled luxury electric-car startup Fisker Automotive. We reported on Thursday that Fisker had put its entire U.S. Later that day, a Wall Street Journal article reported on what may be the logical next step: Fisker had "hired restructuring lawyers at Kirkland.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 30, 2023

Fisker Inc. today released its Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) report – a cradle-to-grave analysis that details the carbon footprint of the Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 14, 2012

In an unexpected announcement, struggling startup electric-car maker Fisker Automotive this morning named Tony Posawatz its new CEO and President. He replaces Tom LaSorda, himself appointed CEO only in late February. LaSorda will leave the company but remain available as an advisor.

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