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Fisker Karma Deliveries Delayed Until Q3 2010

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Things have been going pretty well for Fisker lately – like bitter rival Tesla, the company has gotten loan guarantees from the Department of Energy to fund the Karma, and the company’s new low-cost car, Project NINA. In addition, Fisker has secured a former General Motors manufacturing facility in Wilmington, Delaware. In comparison, Tesla is [...]

Fisker Plant Announced in Delaware

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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News broke just yesterday about the possibility of a Fisker plant at General Motors’ Wilmington, Delaware facility where the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky roadsters were produced. Now it’s official, as the announcement was made today! Fisker executives made the announcement onsite, along with Vice President Joe Biden, Delaware Governor’s Jack Markell and other state [...]

Fisker To Announce U.S Production Plant

Monday, October 26, 2009

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Things at Fisker Automotive have been progressing very quickly. Just a few years ago Fisker was formed, and began by producing coachbuilt vehicles. The two first cars were the Tramonto and Latigo CS, based on the Mercedes-Benz SL and BMW 6-Series, respectively. Next the company announced the Karma range-extended electric vehicle, which most thought would [...]

Fisker Gets DOE Loan, Announces Affordable Project Nina

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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Fisker Gets DOE Loan, Announces Affordable Project Nina

The most recent report about Fisker was right – the company is coming out with a low-cost plug-in hybrid and has received a lon from the Department of Energy to do it. Not only did Fisker get the loan, but the awarded amount is actually larger than Tesla’s. What a surprise! Part of that has [...]

New Fisker Model To Be Announced Soon?

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Companies specializing in alternative fuels are hitting some good times as of late, even in spite of the relatively low fuel prices. Bitter rival Tesla has taken a lot of new orders for the Model S, gotten a Department of Energy loan guarantee to produce it, and has hit profitability for the first time. Fisker on [...]

Fisker Announces Karma Fuel Economy Figures

Monday, September 21, 2009

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Fisker Announces Karma Fuel Economy Figures

There has been a lot of hubbub over GM’s much-trumpeted 230 miles per gallon figure on the range-extended Chevrolet Volt. The back and forth on whether or not that is a correct number (GM says the EPA cycle will result in that rating) has been intense. Now its Fisker’s turn to make a splash, announcing [...]

Fisker Announces Public Drive of Karma

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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I love to see people accomplish their dreams – and it looks like Fisker is doing just that. Henrik Fisker and his company is continuing to move forward on schedule with the launch of the Karma range-extended electric-vehicle. If all goes to plan, the Karma will be the first luxury vehicle of it’s kind on [...]

Fisker Developing Low Cost Model

Sunday, May 17, 2009

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The ink is hardly dry on the announcement for Fisker’s new range-extended electric vehicle, the Karma and yet the company head Henrik Fisker is already talking about a successor. The company has come such a long way since its original inception. Originally the company sold coach built vehicles like the Tramonto and Latigo CS. The [...]

EREV Jaguar XJ Coming

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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Fisker scaring you, Jaguar? After receiving a £340 million loan (Around $450 million at current exchange rates) from the European Central Bank (EIB), it looks like Jaguar is moving quickly to show it’s putting the money to good use. The loan was given to Jaguar-Land Rover to speed up by the European Central Bank to speed [...]

Fisker Working on Low-Cost Model

Friday, April 10, 2009

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Model S envy? Maybe. Don’t worry, I’d be jealous too Fisker. Tesla has been capturing all the headlines as of late with the Model S while Fisker, who is farther along on the journey to production, has been avoiding the limelight. Fisker has made it clear, espessially recently, that a lower-cost model was always in [...]