Fisker is in a little bit of a bind with its loan from the Department of Energy. As a result, production for the brand’s new Project Nina lineup at the Fisker Automotive plant in Wilmington, DE and 26 workers were laid off. This comes after a rework of Fisker Automotive’s $529 million loan, which was [...]
Massachusetts based A123 Systems, a produces of batteries for electric-vehicles, said that it has found a ‘potential safety issue’ in the batteries that it supplies to Fisker Automotive for its Karma plug-in hybrid sedan. Check out out Top 10 things you need to know about the Fisker Karma. The company said that hose clamps that [...]
Fisker Automotive’s Karma Sedan is no longer known as a ‘nearly $100,000 plug-in hybrid.’ The car is now priced over $100,000 with the price for the base Karma Eco Standard starting at $102,000. That’s an increase of $7,000 over the original $95,000 price tag. The new price will take effect starting Thursday. The top-of-the-line Fisker [...]
Welcome to our 12th edition of “top 10 most important things you need to know about” segment. Today we’re taking a look into the most important things you need to know about the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sedan. Let’s get started. Read our other Top 10 things you need to know lists. Top 10 things you [...]
When Top Gear talks cars, almost all of the automotive world listens – well, listen to this. The Top Gear Magazine has crowned the Fisker Karma as the ‘Luxury Car of the Year’ as well as ‘Car of the Year’ by Top Gear host, James May. Check out the full Fisker Karma gallery on our Facebook [...]
Fisker Automotive Chairman Ray lane says that the company is on track to produce 15,000 of its Karma plug-in hybrid sedan in 2012. The number confirmation comes despite production delays that have already caused delays with the company’s first projected deliveries this year. Lane said that production of the Karma was held up due to [...]
Fisker Automotive’s Karma plug-in hybrid sedan has achieved 83 km or 51.6 miles on electric-only model during an independent fuel-efficiency test carried out by Europe’s regulatory body, the Technischer Ueberwachungs Verein (TUV) “The TUV have carried out the most thorough tests yet of the Karma’s real-world urban performance,” Fisker said in a statement. “This is an [...]
So here’s an interesting bit of news. As part of a ripple effect, all the influx of electric and alternative powertrain automobiles has the EPA hard at work to try and come up with a valid system to translate the range of electric powertrains into the industry standard’s “miles per gallon” system. And we can [...]
Fisker anticipated its Karma model to present a 67 mpge rating with a 50 mile range. When the EPA recently rated the Karma, its numbers fell a bit short. At first, the new automaker took a more laid back stance on the matter, saying “As with all electric vehicles, range varies greatly on the conditions [...]
Fisker has finally started sales of the new 2012 Karma plug-in hybrid sedan after receiving official certifications from the Untied States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) earlier this week. So what did the EPA give the Karma? 52 miles per gallon-equivalent (mpg-e) in combined city and highway driving. That figure also includes 32 miles of all-electric range, [...]
