Do Fisker Automotive’s hybrid cars have what it takes to win?
I drove to the Fisker Karma test drive in a 2005 Toyota Corolla. When I left, I didn’t want to leave in a 2005 Toyota Corolla. Of course, right? It’s a $100,000 car. Thing is, I’ve never cared for...
View ArticleWhat’s next for Fisker Automotive?
The future of Fisker Automotive is unclear as the company announced layoffs this week at its Delaware plant where the lower cost follow up to its first $100,000 car, the Karma, is (was?) to be built....
View ArticleHybrid auto loan talks to take ‘several months’
The head of Fisker Automotive Inc., the Anaheim-based electric hybrid car maker, said today that the company’s negotiations with the U.S. Energy Department over the remainder of its $529 million loan...
View ArticleJustin Bieber turns 18, gets Karma?
Justin Bieber just had a birthday and, like many 18-year-olds, got a car. But this wasn’t just any car. It was a sleek $100,000 Karma, plug-in electric hybrid made by Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive...
View ArticleKarma breaks down on Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports spent $107,850 on a Fisker Karma that broke down within a week. Henrik Fisker isn’t the chief of executive of Fisker Automotive anymore, the American factory where the more affordable...
View ArticleFisker pledges to fix defective batteries in Fisker Karma
Updated with more information. Fisker Automotive and its battery supplier, A123 Systems, are pledging to replace defective batteries on the $100,000 hybrid-electric luxury Karma two weeks after...
View ArticleFisker Automotive seeks additional $500 million
Fisker Automotive closed on $392 million in additional private funding and aims to raise $500 million total, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing reveals. The filing comes two days before the...
View ArticleFisker on Atlantic/Nina: “This car will be built and will go into production”
Nina is now the Atlantic. Henrik Fisker unveiled the hybrid-electric Atlantic on Tuesday, a lower cost follow up to the $100,000 Karma. “This car will be built and will go into production,” Fisker,...
View ArticleHow did fire start that burned $100,000 Karma?
A $100,000 Karma electric hybrid made by Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive is at the heart of a fire investigation in Texas after the newly purchased vehicle and two others burned up inside a garage on...
View ArticleFisker replaces CEO after five months
Anaheim-based hybrid automaker Fisker Automotive announced Tuesday it was swapping CEOs, replacing ex-Chrysler executive Tom LaSorda after five months with Tony Posawatz, former head of the Volt...
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