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0Read This: Internal documents show Fisker lost $35,000 on each Karma 1371480240
Anyone looking for a chilling plug-in vehicle warning tale should check out this detailed Reuters article, which digs into the financial history of Fisker Automotive and reveals that the company lost around $35,000 per vehicle. That number comes from "internal financial statements and interviews ...
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Report: Bob Lutz and VL Automotive, Wanxiang trying to buy Fisker 1369171620
Chinese company Wanxiang was in the news earlier this year, as it moved to acquire bankrupt automotive battery company A123. Turns out, while that was taking place in the public eye, Wanxiang was also working with VL Automotive – of Bob Lutz and Destino fame – to try and buy out ...
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After outage, Fisker Automotive website hints at positive future 1367877660
The official, revamped website for Fisker Automotive appears to be more of an homage to the company's focus on style rather than an accurate snapshot of the struggling automaker's actual troubles. When you click on the homepage, you'll see red, white and blue images of its elegantly designed ...
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Report: Fisker execs will be questioned today over DOE loan, repayments 1366807500
As we get ready for a Congressional hearing later today, news of money that Fisker Automotive owes to the US government is on the mind of regulators and the public. Therefore, the US Department of Energy has announced that it did recently collect $21 million from the struggling automaker. The DOE ...
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Exclusive: In deep with Henrik Fisker: Despite floods and fires, "I think we're beating the odds" 1360887240
Let's be clear: Fisker Automotive had a pretty bad 2012. Let's be clear: Fisker Automotive had a pretty bad 2012. A flood, fires and recalls continued to dog the start-up automaker. Then, one of the men trying to become President of the United States called the company a loser in a very ...
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How Leonardo DiCaprio inspired Henrik Fisker to build plug-in hybrid cars 1349222400
BBC's TopGear recently had an exclusive interview with Leonardo DiCaprio to find out about his commitment to sustainability and his investment in Fisker Automotive. The most surprising thing is that Leo was in part responsible for Fisker getting started in the first place. TopGear started out by ...
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Official: New Fisker statement on Karma fire: batteries not to blame 1344882240
As we suspected yesterday, the first official word from Fisker about the Karma that caught fire in Woodside, CA this weekend is that the li-ion batteries are apparently not to blame. Fisker has released a statement, which you can find below, that says that independent investigators from Pacific ...
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Video: Henrik Fisker, what are you drawing? 1341611880
"Cars have become an appliance... And on top of that, you start feeling a bit guilty about driving a car, because it pollutes, you use a lot of gasoline." These are the words of Henrik Fisker, car designer and the man who startes his eponymous automobile company, which currently builds and sells ...
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Video: Fisker's DOE loan is new right-wing political target of 'wasteful spending' 1335643620
Is conservative ire at plug-in cars shifting (slowly) from the Chevrolet Volt to Fisker Automotive? A new attack ad targeting President Obama certainly brings the California-based automaker further into the political fight – following Fisker ex-chair's comments about Mitt Romney – by ...
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Report: Ex-Fisker chair blames Mitt Romney attacks for DOE loan hold-up 1334944980
Ah, election season... Former Fisker Automotive Chairman and current investor Ray Lane is blaming Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for the delays in procuring federal loans that have been earmarked for the maker of the extended-range plug-in Karma and the upcoming Atlantic, ...
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Report: Fisker reportedly seeks $100 million in funding by end of the month 1332591540
Looks like Fisker Automotive's looking for its own range-extender. The California-based maker of the extended-range plug-in Karma luxury sedan, is looking to raise at least $100 million in funds by the end of this month in order to restart production of its Delaware plant, Bloomberg News ...
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Video: Translogic drives Fisker Karma through firestorm of controversy, emerges unscathed 1331827200
The Fisker Karma is the automotive embodiment of both Marilyn Monroe and Rodney Dangerfield. Marilyn because it's damn sexy, with lots of wonderful curves in all the right places, and Mr. Dangerfield because, well, it gets no respect, no respect at all. There are good reasons for both of these ...
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Official: Fisker denies reports that Surf plug-in hybrid has been delayed 1331311740
Fisker Automotive denied reports that its plans to make the Fisker Surf, a wagon version of its Karma extended-range plug-in hybrid, have been delayed, and that the California-based automaker hasn't changed launch plans for the model. UK's Auto Express, citing a European auto importer the ...
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Video: 2012 Fisker Karma featured on The Car Show 1319457420
Is the Fisker Karma the hybrid for automotive enthusiasts? That's the question that The Car Show host Adam Carolla sets out to answer in a new three-plus-minute clip. Carolla joins Fisker Automotive chief executive officer Henrik Fisker for the first-ever televised test drive of the 2012 Karma. ...
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Report: Fisker Nina production pushed back to mid-2013 1319146380
Delays are to be expected when a start-up automaker is involved, right? That's why it should comes as no surprise that Fisker Automotive will reportedly push back production of Project Nina to mid-2013. That's the word from Delaware Online, which cites "company executives" as its source for news ...
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First Fisker Karma auctions for $220,000 in UK 1318870560
Who says the MSRP for the Fisker Karma is too high? The first Karma available in the UK was auctioned off at a charity event (the Pratham UK Gala) at the Roundhouse in Camden, England. The undisclosed buyer paid £140,000 ($220,192 U.S. at today's exchange rate) – more than double the ...
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Report: Fisker Nina to match BMW 5 Series in size; priced to compete with 3 Series 1318019280
We're aware range-extending duties for Project Nina will be the task of BMW's turbo'd four-cylinder engine but a new potential tie between Fisker Automotive and BMW has come to light. Auto Express reports that the Fisker Nina sedan, when it debuts in 2013, will closely copy the exterior ...
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NHL star Teemu Selanne scores a silver Fisker Karma 1317936780
Nicknamed "The Finnish Flash," Teemu Selänne led the National Hockey League (NHL) in goals scored three times, was named to the NHL's All-Star Team on two occasions, won the coveted Stanley Cup in 2007, holds three Winter Olympic medals and currently serves as an alternate captain of the ...
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Report: Fisker: Majority of 3,000 Karma pre-orders will be filled in 2011 1317413940
Believe it or not, Fisker Automotive says it's on track to fulfill thousands of existing pre-orders for the near-$100,000 Karma in the next three months. This, despite the fact that the Karma is still waiting air quality certification by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the ...
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Video: Sneak peek of the Fisker Surf out on the open road 1316433780
Even if you think the Fisker Surf looks too outlandish to be more than a concept, the Karma wagon is indeed production-bound and will join the Fisker Karma by July of 2012. The 2013 Fisker Surf is an impressive range-extended electric wagon that comes fitted with a 260-horsepower turbocharged ...

