Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2020

Karma Automotive has entered the final stage of development for two new Silicon Carbide (SiC) Inverters to enhance electric mobility charging. The new SiC traction inverters are engineered in-house by Karma’s Powertrain Power Electronics team, in collaboration with the Power Electronic System Laboratory at University of Arkansas (PESLA).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2023

Tesla faces a scandal over range and how it addressed consumer complaints. Lordstown has to face Karma first. And Porsche looks beyond 350-kw connectors for at least one future EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

Karma Automotive is expanding its Revero series with a new model, the Karma Revero GTE. The Revero GTE will join the GTS, GT and original Revero as the fourth model in Karma’s Revero family, initially offering two versions—both 200-mile and 300-mile range configurations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Blue World Technologies and Karma Automotive will collaborate to explore the viability of a methanol fuel cell system ( earlier post ) to provide primary propulsion power for a variety of future passenger and light commercial vehicles. Lance Zhou, Karma’s CEO.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2021

It’s been a long and winding road for Karma Automotive, which was born of the remains of Fisker more than five years ago and still hasn't managed to make as many cars as the original.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 20, 2024

Karma on Friday unveiled the Ivara concept at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, one of the premier events of 2024 Monterey Car Week that ran last week in California. Joining it on Karma’s stand were the previously revealed Kaveya sports car and Gyesera sport sedan.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2020

Karma Automotive is touting its new platform for extended-range electric vehicles, which the California-based company claims can be used for a variety of different vehicle types. The E-Flex platform is flexible enough to underpin everything from autonomous delivery vans to "high-performance supercars," a Karma press release said.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Volvo revealed its first minivan, and it’s a long-range, road-trip-worthy EV. Karma has another new product plan. And why is it a problem that EV owners are driving less? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Electric range and efficiency ratings for the upcoming Karma GS-6 plug-in hybrid were recently posted on the EPA's fueleconomy.gov website—and they match figures for the 2020 Karma Revero GT.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2020

Starting next year, the Karma Revero will get closer than it ever has to rivaling the Tesla Model S. Ironically, that will mean retiring the range extender that was once broadly sized up as the Revero’s ace card—back when, in an earlier existence, it was called the FIsker Karma.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Karma calls foul on Lordstown. And the Mustang Mach-E electric SUV gets EPA range ratings. Nissan appears to be exploring electric-truck possibilities, too. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Tesla may have swooped in at the last minute and stolen the show in Los Angeles this week, but the ever-frisky Karma has its own pickup pitch: an extended-range EV for commercial applications. Karma's pitch is a bit less concrete than Tesla's.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

Prior to joining ElectraMeccanica, Pavlov most recently served as the COO of Karma Automotive. kWh NCA battery that is liquid-cooled and provides up to 100 miles of range. Pavlov brings more than two decades of automotive experience to ElectraMeccanica. SOLO is currently powered by a 17.3 Pricing starts at $18,500.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 18, 2019

Karma Automotive doesn't have just one vision for its future. The Southern California automaker unveiled a trio of new vehicles at the Shanghai auto show this week, ranging from a near-production look of the next version of the Karma Revero to a fanciful concept called the SC1. It has three.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 31, 2021

GM’s replacement of Bolt EV batteries could bring older versions of the electric car more range than when new. Karma is chasing the fleet market with plug-in commercial trucks. Subaru gives us a peek inside the Solterra EV. And could synthetic fuels reverse the end for ICE? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Karma Automotive Monday revealed pricing for its more affordable plug-in hybrid luxury car, the GS-6. A fully electric GSe-6 model, set to arrive late this year with a choice between two battery packs—Luxury and Long Range—starts. With its arrival this month, the GS-6 starts at $83,900.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

The Fisker Karma has achieved 83 km/51.6 Earlier, the Karma received a US EPA rating having a 32-mile (51 km) all-electric range. Fisker says that the TÜV carried out the most thorough tests yet of the Karma’s real-world urban performance. EPA ratings are combined city/highway. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2021

Polestar reveals more affordable models with more range. And we drive the Karma GS-6. A couple of new Polestar 2 models promise not just a lower price but more range—more than 260 miles in single-motor. Rivian confirms its battery supplier. Yamaha is moving fast into being a performance EV supplier.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

BMW will supply Karma Automotive—Fisker reborn—with its latest powertrain components, including high voltage battery charging systems and a wide range of hybrid and EV systems, for application in Karma’s flagship plug-in hybrid, to be re-launched next year. —Karma’s CEO Tom Corcoran. founded in 2007.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Karma has some of the longest plug-in range, among plug-in hybrids. GM’s Lordstown plant may soon really be building an electric truck. Hyundai is going for green-car variety in the U.S. And Toyota and BYD are new partners for electric vehicles in China. This and more, today at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The EPA has rated the 2012 Fisker Karma luxury extended range electric vehicle as consuming 65 kWh/100 miles (52 MPGequivalent) when running in all-electric mode, having a 32-mile all-electric range, and consuming 5.1 gallons US/100 miles (~20 mpg) when running the gasoline range-extending engine in hybrid mode.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Fisker Automotive''s new owner Wanxiang plans to relaunch the Karma extended-range electric luxury sedan next year, and it''s expected to have few substantial changes from the version last built in 2012. One thing Fisker doesn''t plan to change, it seems, is the supplier of the Karma''s powertrain control software.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A wide range of plug-in models—from Hyundai and BMW—are being recalled for potential fire risk. Tesla boosts range for much of its lineup. Karma prices its fully electric car. And Nikola could revert to a “base plan” that means no Badger. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 16, 2017

The 2017 Karma Revero remains as much of a head-turner today as the low, sleek four-door sedan was when it debuted a decade ago under another name. It also happens to be a range-extended electric luxury sedan, though we tend to think that the Karma would sell just as well if it ran on coal dust and baby-seal blood.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The future of the Fisker Karma range-extended luxury electric sedan has been in the hands of new owner Wanxiang America for many months, with little known about its relaunch plans or timing.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Which EV holds onto more of its range in the cold? And drivers of EVs from which vehicle maker appeared to “brick” their EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 17, 2023.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 23, 2012

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. When the EPA-rated 32-mile electric range is.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 30, 2013

The 2012 Fisker Karma remains a stunning car, regardless of its range-extended electric powertrain. MORE: 2012 Fisker Karma - full review The 2,500 or so Fiskers out there may be the only ones.'

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2020

And Karma is boasting of its platform’s flexibility.any takers? Karma Automotive, which has continued. Rivian has made a lot of progress toward U.S. production of electric trucks, but things are put on hold for now. Lucid teases more than 400 miles of real-world highway driving for its upcoming Air.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 26, 2014

Owners of the 2012 Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury car got some good news last week: The company that now owns the carmaker has promised that supplies of spare parts will soon become available. Fisker stopped producing its striking sedan in July 2012 after it had built roughly 3,000 of the cars.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

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. When the EPA-rated 32-mile electric range is.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

The Fisker Karma plug-in extended range electric vehicle ( earlier post ) made its public driving debut over the weekend, 19 months after being introduced as a concept. The Fisker Karma can reach 60 mph (97 km/h) in six seconds and has a top speed of 125 mph (201 km/h). Carbon emissions are also lower than today’s hybrids.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2011

It's been a long and painful year for Fisker Automotive, with deliveries of its 2012 Karma extended-range electric sport sedan repeatedly delayed from the original target of May.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2014

The idea of converting Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedans into Corvette-powered V-8 hot rods is moving forward. VL Automotive is snapping up Karmas from leftover dealer stock for conversion into Destino performance sedans, according to a report in industry trade journal Automotive News.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Not to be left out of the tempest of EV news surrounding the Los Angeles Auto Show, reincarnated EV hopeful Karma showed off its new high-performance, longer-range Revero GTS last week, with a sticker price of $149,950—less than $15,000 more than the GT.

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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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Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2016

Karma Automotive intends to place its namesake plug-in hybrid luxury sedan back into production before the end of the year. As well as adopting a new name, the company formerly known as Fisker Automotive is working on setting up its own factory in Costa Mesa, California. But what will the cars coming out of that factory be like?

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