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Fisker: Leonardo DiCaprio's Prius inspired the Karma

Ever wonder what it is that sparks the mind of an entrepreneur? After all, lots of people have big imaginations and great ideas, but only a relatively small number of them actually follow through, create a company and design a product. Of course, we can add Henrik Fisker to that list of entrepreneurs, and we're definitely looking forward to seeing what else springs from his fertile mind. So, back to the original question. In the case of Henrik Fisker, the inspiration for the Karma extended-range electric car came from none other than ... Read more →

REPORT: Elon Musk says Fisker is "very far" from overcoming EV hurdles Sebastian Blanco

In some ways, the all-electric Tesla Roadster and the plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma don't compete. The difference in powertrains, which will filter down to the two compaies' lower-cost models, the ...

First Fisker dealership opens in LA, 120 pre-orders already taken Sebastian Blanco

Take an old Lexus dealership in Santa Monica, repurpose the showroom to display a Fisker Karma, invite a bunch of plug-in hybrid-loving locals over a grand opening and – boom – you've ...

Officially, Official: Fisker chooses Emil Frey Group for European distribution Sebastian Blanco

Speculation that Fisker's new big dealership partner in Europe would be the Emil Frey Group has turned out to be correct. The start-up automaker announced today that Emil Frey will be its largest ...

Fisker picks large distributor for European Karma sales, nearing UAW deal Sebastian Blanco

Further cementing its worldwide distribution plans, Fisker Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker said today that his company has selected "a large distributor" for European sales of its Karma plug-in ...

Joe Biden reveals Fisker's future plans: sedan, coupe and crossover in the works 13 days ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this month, Fox news was ripping Fisker Automotive apart and Fisker fought back. Yesterday, as the start-up automaker announced it will buy an old GM plant in Delaware, everyone was all smiles when Fox reporter Gary Gastelu interviewed CEO Henrik Fisker about the plant and confirming ...

Officially Official: Fisker buys GM's Wilmington Delaware plant 14 days ago on Autoblog Green

In Wilmington, Delaware this morning, Governor Jack Markell was joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Henrik Fisker for the official announcement about the purchase of General Motors' closed plant there. Fisker will re-tool the plant to build a new, more affordable plug-in hybrid sedan to slot ...

PEV 2009: Henrik Fisker explains how his company will be profitable, plans for 2010 15 days ago on Autoblog Green

With his company about to announce its first U.S. plant in Delaware, CEO Henrik Fisker was in high spirits and high demand at last week's Business of Plugging In conference in Detroit. We were able to pull the busy man aside for a few minutes to ask for more information on how his company plans ...

Fisker reportedly chooses U.S. location to build lower-cost plug-in hybrid, will announce soon 20 days ago on Autoblog Green

Henrik Fisker, co-founder and chief executive of the automaker that bears his name, has said that the company has chosen a location for the U.S. plant to build its next eco-friendly automobile, but he's not yet ready to announce the location. According to the LA Times, Fisker seemed to rule out ...

Fisker responds to Fox New's report that "ignored or marginalized the truth" 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Fisker Automotive has decided to not sit down and take the whole "scary Fisker foreign company" meme that Fox News is trying to spread. The California-based automaker's CEO, Henrik Fisker, issued a release today saying that some news reports "ignored or marginalized the truth, or ...

Fox News criticizes - and misleads viewers on - Tesla, Fisker DOE loans 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Pop quiz: what country is Tesla Motors based in? England? Wrong. What about Fisker Automotive? Finland? Wrong again, but if you gave those two answers, you might be qualified to be on Fox News and criticize the Department of Energy for giving loans to these two companies, both of which are based ...

BREAKING: Fisker gets $528.7 million loan from U.S. DOE for Karma, Project Nina 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Fisker's goal of becoming profitable by 2011 received a shot in the arm today thanks to the U.S. Energy Department's announcement that the upstart automaker will receive a $528.7 million conditional loan. The DOE says the loan, "will create or save about 5,000 jobs for domestic parts suppliers." ...

REPORT: Fisker looks to 2011 for profits; color us skeptical 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Anyone that has watched either the auto industry or technology startups knows how hard it is to achieve profitability. Blend the two together and you more often than not have a recipe for financial disaster. We've seen far more aspiring EV makers go belly up than actually deliver product. Even ...

REPORT: Fisker developing $39,000 plug-in hybrid 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

According to a report from earth2tech, Ray Lane, an investor with Kleiner Perkins, has let slip news that Fisker is developing a new plug-in hybrid automobile to slot below its planned Karma sedan with a base price of just $39,000. No indication is made whether that price would be before or ...

Fisker announces fuel economy estimate for Karma - 67.2 mpg and CO2 emissions of just 83 g/km 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The miles per gallon rating of a vehicle that can get energy from an electrical outlet is a difficult thing to accurately calculate and get the public to accept. Just ask AFS Trinity, with their "150 mpg" SUVs, or GM with its 230 mpg number for the Chevy Volt. Still, it's valuable to have some ...

VIDEO: Fisker Karma's design was bred from dogs and fighter jets 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Do playfully fighting dogs and advanced jet fighters come to mind when you see pictures of the Fisker Karma? They should, since the design was based on angles and lines found in nature and highly technological machines, including the pups and jets. Famed designer Henrik Fisker talks about how ...

Fisker Karma at Laguna Seca update: even at 100 mph, PHEV used no gas 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fisker Automotive has released a bit more information about that one lap that the Karma ran at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday. According to the start-up, during the silent (for proof, see the video) lap around the track, the luxury plug-in hybrid managed to hit 100 mph and didn't ...

One lap only: Fisker Karma takes on Laguna Seca in public driving debut [w/VIDEO] 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The world driving debut of the Fisker Karma happened at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday. Our compadres at Autoblog were snapping photos of the glut of luxury cars all weekend long, but almost missed the Karma. How could you miss a car like this? Well, it drove around the corner so ...

Fisker nabs ex-Maserati North America chief for sales and marketing duties 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

If there was any doubt that Fisker Automotive is keenly interested in attracting buyers from the luxury car sector – and, no, there really wasn't any doubt – today's announcement that the company has hired the former president and CEO of Maserati North America should put any lingering ...

Will Fisker's outsourcing produce results where so many others failed? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Ford announced its tie-up with Magna International to build an electric vehicle earlier this year, there was a lot to learn about how the auto industry as a whole can benefit from these kinds of partnerships. Now, in a three-part series (I, II, III) about Fisker Automotive's strategy, ...

Fisker gives Quantum $10.2 million contract for powertrain development 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies has been working with Fisker Automotive ever since the latter company started its efforts to be build a luxury plug-in hybrid a couple of years ago. Quantum has been largely responsible for the creation of the plug-in series hybrid/extended range EV powertrain. ...

Henrik Fisker distances his company from Tesla, GM 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

- Considering the two fledgling automaker's past history, it's not terribly surprising that Henrik Fisker would want to distance his company from Tesla Motors. Recall that Fisker had originally been tasked with penning the design for the Tesla S electric sedan but later unveiled the Karma ...

Detroit 2010 Preview: good news for fans of the smelly basement forest 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Detroit Auto Show, known officially as the North American International Auto Show, is always the biggest car show of the year. In 2009, though, the event wasn't quite as busy or as populated as it's been in past years. The whole down economy thing - plus problems with the venue - played a ...

Fisker Chic showroom coming to Miami fall 2009 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Telsa's Miami store is scheduled to open soon, but it won't be the only high-end green car dealership in the city by the end of the year. Long-time local car dealer Warren Henry Zinn will open up a Fisker Chic showroom in Northern Dade County this fall, and the announcement of the new store ...

REPORT: New Louisiana auto plant not for Th!nk, will make high-mpg gas-powered cars [UPDATED] 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Plans for a new auto plant will be unveiled later this morning in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. We guessed earlier that the plant would be for the Th!nk CIty EV, but a new report from local newspaper The News Star indicates otherwise. The paper writes, "The new company will ...

REPORT: Fisker planning third Karma variant, low-cost hybrid 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker feels like the automotive world is at the beginning of a renaissance, and he believes now is the first time in 40 years that start-up automakers can compete and even thrive against the established OEMs. Fisker has already began to rage against the machine with the ...

EnerDel signs deal to maybe provide batteries to Fisker Automotive 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

To coincide with the ribbon cutting at the EnerDel lithium-ion battery plant in Indianapolis scheduled for later today, Ener1 has officially announced a new deal to possibly get the company's li-ion batteries into vehicles made by Fisker Automotive. Fisker has also signed a battery supply deal ...

Pros and cons of Fisker's, Tesla's dealership plans 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Both Fisker Automotive and Tesla Motors are bringing electric-powered luxury sedans and convertibles to market, but each is going about it in entirely different ways. Fisker's strategy, steered by former BMW and Volvo sales director Vic Doolan, is to license independent dealerships – some of ...

New York 2009: Fisker says plug-in hybrids will cost just $20,000 in a decade 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

According to Henrik Fisker, the auto industry is due for some big changes. As the only representative of a young automaker participating in the Newsweek Future of Automotive Panel Discussion at the New York Auto Show last week, Fisker was the voice of the insurgent. For example, he said that, in ...

Fisker plans lower-cost model, may compete with Chevy Volt and Tesla Model S 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's probably a bit premature to be talking about future models from Fisker, considering the automaker's plug-in Karma and Karma S have yet to hit the market, but that's never stopped us before, right? According to Russell Datz, head PR man at Fisker Automotive, "One of the future products we ...

Fisker claims another $85 million in VC funding 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following the announcement of 30 dealers signed up to sell its $87,900 luxury plug-in hybrids, Fisker Automotive has just announced another bit of good news: another $85 million in a fourth round of venture capital funding. Some of the money will come from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, ...

"Eco-facilities" are coming; Fisker Automotive signs up 32 dealers in 17 states 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Running TV ads. Taking orders. And now setting up a network of dealerships. Fisker Automotive is acting like a real car company. The company announced today that it's signed up its first group of 32 retailers. These retailers can be found in 17 states – Alabama, California, Colorado, ...

Fisker signs Karma battery deal with Canada's Advanced Lithium Power 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The rumors were true. The LA Times is reporting that Fisker Automotive has signed a deal with Vancouver-based Advanced Lithium Power Inc. On top of ordering (hopefully) thousands of 22.6-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion batteries for the Karma from ALP, Fisker will also make a "sizable" cash ...

VIDEO: Fisker runs first Karma TV ads in LA 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

One thing that we haven't seen from any of the startup green car makers to date is traditional television advertising. That's partly because most of these companies are operating on minimal budgets and what money they do have is being dedicated to trying to get their vehicles on the road. Fisker ...

At Witz' End: Detroit Auto Show: Reality Check - Part II 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

In my first column reality checking the Detroit Auto Show, some of you questioned my assertion that even Toyota's relatively high-volume hybrids are probably not profitable. Of course, Toyota has lowered the costs of its Hybrid Synergy Drive components over many years and hundreds of thousands of ...

Geneva preview: Fisker's European strategy - and have you seen these pics? 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fisker Automotive gave the automotive world a big reveal - the Karma S - last month at the Detroit Auto Show. For the upcoming Geneva show, the company doesn't have anything as impressive planned, but we're still interested in the news they promised us today. Specifically, Fisker says that when ...

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