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Fisker buys GM plant for $18 million, will build Chevy Volt competitor

Posted: Oct 27, 2009

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

As reported yesterday, Fisker Automotive confirmed today that it has purchased General Motors’ Wilmington, Delaware plant, which produced that Saturn Sky, Pontiac Solstice and the Opel GT until July.
Fisker said that it has signed a letter of intent with Motors Liquidation Co., formerly known as the wonderful General Motors Corp. to purchase the Wilmington plant [...]

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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 [...]

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Fisker defends $528 million Department of Energy loan

Posted: Oct 02, 2009

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

As reported by egmCarTech.com earlier this week, Fox News had reported, in a somewhat skewed manner, on the nearly $530 million Energy Department loan received by Fisker automotive. The Irvine, Calif. based company plans to assemble its $89,000 Karma abroad, though none of the funds will be spent outside of the U.S., as most [...]

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Fisker accepting orders for Karma S hard-top convertible

Posted: Feb 24, 2009

Filed under: Fisker, Hybrids, Green News

Apparently, the Fisker Karma S Concept is no longer just a concept. We spoke with Fisker Automotive’s public relations chief Russell Datz, who confirmed that the company is indeed taking deposits for the Fisker Karma S with deliveries expected to begin at the end of 2011.
While those interested in the Fisker Karma four-door plug-in hybrid sedan will have [...]

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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: Fisker Karma S Concept Revealed

Posted: Jan 12, 2009

Filed under: Auto Shows, Hybrids, Green News

Besides showing us the 2010 Fisker Karma Hybrid Sedan, Fisker Automotive unveiled the new Fisker Karma S Concept today at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. Unlike the Fisker Karma, the Fisker Karma S loses two-doors so we’re guessing that Fisker may even offer a coupe Karma sometime in the future.
The four-seater Fisker S Karma Hybrid hardtop convertible [...]

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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 [...]