Fisker Karma - egmCarTech

Fisker picks distributor to sell Karma in Europe, looking to sell in China

Posted: Nov 03, 2009

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

Fisker Automotive announced that it has picked a large distributor to sell its plug-in hybrid vehicles in Europe and is also looking for a similar deal in China. CEO Henrik Fisker said that the company will announce the name of the distributor group as early as Wednesday. It is reported that the distributor has more [...]

Continue Reading

Fisker says it will only focus on plug-in hybrids, no plans to offer pure EVs

Posted: Oct 02, 2009

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

If all goes according to plan, we should see the Fisker Karma released sometime approximately this time next year. The Karma is a plug-in hybrid, a supposed to battery only ‘Electric Vehicles’, and company founder Henrik Fisker believes that will one day be the status quo, with regards to hybrid vehicles.
Supporters of the EV [...]

Continue Reading

Department of Energy loans Fisker $528 million to produce two plug-in hybrid vehicles

Posted: Sep 22, 2009

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

Fisker Automotive announced today that it has received a $528 million conditional loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop two plug-in hybrid vehicles.
About $169 million of the $528 million will allow the company to produce its Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sedan. While assembly of the $87,900 ($80,400 after US government tax credits) Fisker Karma will be [...]

Continue Reading

Report: Fisker to announce $39,000 plug-in hybrid later this week, or next week

Posted: Sep 17, 2009

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

According to Ray Lane, Kleiner Perkins investor, and former President of Oracle, Fisker is preparing to announce plans to build a $39,000 plug-in hybrid vehicle later this week or next week. Lane let the new slip at the AlwaysOn Going Green conference in Sausalito, Calif. earlier this week.
Does that mean Fisker has received funding from the Department [...]

Continue Reading

Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid to average 67.2 mpg

Posted: Sep 08, 2009

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

Fisker announced today that its Karma plug-in hybrid electric sedan will emit just 83g CO2/km and will return an estimated fuel-economy of 3.5L/100km (67.2 mpg according to U.S. standards) based on SAE methodology measuring emissions for plug-in hybrid.
Not bad at all for a vehicle that pumps out 403-hp and more torque than many supercars. 0 [...]

Continue Reading

Video: Fisker Karma makes public driving debut

Posted: Aug 18, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News, Videos

A prototype of the 2010 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sedan made its first public driving debut this past weekend around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races. Driven by co-founder and COO Bernhard Koehler, the prototype hit speeds in excess of 100 mph, using both Sport (hybrid) and Stealth (electric only) modes around Mazda
Fisker Karma plug-in [...]

Continue Reading

Former Maserati CEO to head Fisker’s global sales and marketing

Posted: Aug 06, 2009

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

Fisker Automotive announced today that Marti Eulberg, former CEO of Maserati North America, will become the company’s head of global sales and marketing, reports Automotive News.
Eulberg, 45, resigned her position at Maserati in April. For most of the 1990s, she worked for BMW of North America in sales. She previously held management positions at Volvo and [...]

Continue Reading

Fisker Karma to make public driving debut next month

Posted: Jul 23, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News

Fisker Automotive announced today that its Karma plug-in hybrid sedan will make its public driving debut at the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races on Saturday, August 15. The Karma Sunset hardtop convertible concept will also be on display along side the Karma sedan but will not show off any moves.
“The Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races [...]

Continue Reading

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 [...]

Continue Reading

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 [...]