2010 Fisker Karma - egmCarTech

Quantum signs $10.2 million development contract with Fisker

Posted: Jul 08, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide said today that it has signed a $10.2 million contract for Phase III development of plug-in hybrid powertrains for Fisker’s Karma vehicles. Quantum said that the contract will allow it to manage production validation of the Q-Drive plug-in hybrid system and ready it for volume production in 2010.
“Phase III includes the continuation [...]

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Video: Fisker Karma shows off some track action

Posted: May 18, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News, Videos

We have yet to see how the Fisker Karma performs when it goes hard. Luckily some footage of the Karma going around a track has popped up on YouTube for us to enjoy. Who said that when going green, you’ll have to sacrifice performance and good looks?
Refresher: Power comes from Fisker’s Q-DRIVE system, which is made up of [...]

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Fisker working on third Karma variant, planning high-volume model

Posted: May 13, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Fisker Automotive has secured $85 million to build its new Karma plug-in hybrid sedan and has already lined up dealers to sell the car early next year. But what else does CEO Henrik Fisker have up his sleeve?
“We’re first doing the four-door and then we’re doing the convertible and then we’re planning some third derivative [...]

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Fisker secures an additional $85 million to build the Karma

Posted: Apr 07, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Fisker Automotive Inc. announced today that it has secured an additional $85 million in venture capital funding to develop and manufacture the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan. The financing, which will be the fourth and largest investment round since the company’s inception in Aug. 2007, will be completed by the end of this month.
The two major [...]

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Fisker confirms 32 dealers in the U.S. to sell the Karma plug-in hybrid

Posted: Mar 24, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News

Fisker Automotive announced today the first group of U.S. retailers that will sell and service the company’s first plug-in hybrid – the $87,900 Fisker Karma sedan. Sales will begin later this year at 32 confirmed locations that will carry and service the Karma.
Fisker said that it has a goal of having 40 locations by the [...]

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Buzz Garage: Fisker Karma

Posted: Feb 15, 2009

Filed under: Buzz Garage

The Fisker Karma Concept made its original debut at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show on January 14th, 2008. A year later, Fisker Automotive revealed the production version of its first plug-in hybrid vehicle at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Deliveries of the first Karmas are scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2009 through the Fisker [...]

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell looking for a Fisker Karma?

Posted: Feb 04, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

We knew we should have gone to the Washington D.C. Auto Show – former General and Secretary of State Colin Powell was spotted spending a great deal of his time at the Fisker Automotive display checking out the Fisker Karma.
Who knows? Maybe Powell will be one of the first lucky owners of the Fisker Karma [...]

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Fisker looking for 40 U.S. dealers to sell the 2010 Karma

Posted: Jan 24, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Hybrids, Green News, Industry News

Doolan, a Fisker Automotive board member, said that the company is looking for forty U.S. dealers to sell the company’s new 2010 Karma plug-in hybrd sedan. The 2010 Fisker Karma will go on sale next year with prices starting at $87,900.
“We are trying to leverage what is in place today by selecting retailers who have [...]

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Poll: Would you go for the Fisker Karma or the Tesla Roadster?

Posted: Jan 16, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Polls

Tesla and Fisker are like the Pepsi and Coke of the electric-car industry – well almost. Both offer outstanding products that push the limits of ‘green’ cars to a whole new level. Both company’s have arrived on the electric-car/hybrids scene with one product each and while Tesla’s Model S Sedan is still 2 years out [...]

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Detroit NAIAS 2009: 2010 Fisker Karma Hybrid Sedan Revealed

Posted: Jan 12, 2009

Filed under: 2010 Releases, Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News

Fisker today unveiled its first production car at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show – the 2010 Fisker Karma Hybrid. Pricing for the Karma starts at $87,900 but is chopped down to $80,400 after tax credits. Fisker says that it has already received 1,000 orders for the world’s first 100 mpg luxury plug-in hybrid sedan. Deliveries [...]