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

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 Tesla Model S and Fisker's Project Nina vehicle, means that slightly different consumers are going to be interested in these cars. In other ways, though, Fisker and Tesla go head-to-head for the luxury green car market, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid to fan the competition flames a bit. According to Delaware Online, Musk recently told a ... Read more →

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 Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

Officially Official: Fisker buys GM's Wilmington Delaware plant 24 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 25 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 1 month 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 2 months 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 ...

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 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. ...

First Fisker Karma deliveries scheduled for mid-2010 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

When we spoke to Henrik Fisker in January about his company's plans to bring the Karma to market quickly, he said that they chose Finland's Valmet Automotive to produce the cars because "they are the only factory in the world that could meet our deadline to bring the car to market this year." ...

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 ...

Fisker, EnerDel battery deal could result in EnerDel-powered Karmas by June 2010 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

When we heard about the potential battery deal announced this morning between Fisker Automotive and EnerDel, we had a few questions about the potential partnership. All EnerDel's press release said was that the two companies has signed a letter of intent for a "potential long‐term battery ...

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 ...

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 8 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, ...

Quantum and Fisker execs named entrepreneurs of the year 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Orange County Business Journal has picked the crew behind the Fisker Karma as its entrepreneurs of the year. Alan Niedzwiecki, the President and CEO of Quantum, Henrik Fisker, cofounder and CEO of Fisker Automotive Inc., and Bernhard Koehler, cofounder and COO of Fisker Automotive were ...

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 ...

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 ...

Washington 2009: Colin Powell likes the Fisker Karma 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

There was a bit of a hub-bub around the Fisker Automotive booth yesterday afternoon thanks to the surprise appearance of one Colin Powell. The former four-star general, Secretary of State and WMD fearmonger spent a lot of time with both the Karma and the Karma S, getting a lot of one-on-one ...

New Fisker exec trying to line up dealers 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Fisker Automotive has apparently chosen a different distribution path from its arch-rival Tesla Motors. While Tesla chose to completely bypass the traditional franchise dealership system, Fisker is sticking to basics. It remains to be seen how successful the Tesla model of company-owned stores ...

VIDEO: Henrik Fisker talks about the Karma 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following the unveiling of the production version of the Fisker Karma and the Karma Sunset concept, Henrik Fisker sat down to talk about the car company he has launched. We now have confirmation of some of the technical details such as the battery supplier which is Advanced Lithium Power. ...

Detroit 2009: production Fisker Karma - and Karma S preview 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

While we're waiting for Fisker Automotive to unveil the Karma S, the "Sunset," later today, we got a chance to check out last year's big hit, the Karma. The plug-in hybrid is on the wood floor in all of its metallic blue glory, and we snapped a few quick pics to tide you over. The good news is ...

Fisker set to debut new Karma S "Sunset" concept in Detroit 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Something new from Fisker? Color us intrigued, especially after taking a gander at the lone teaser shot that's been released. We already know that the production version of the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan will be debuting at the Detroit Auto Show, and now word comes that the budding automaker ...

Friendly but fighting: the history of Tesla and Fisker 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Wall Street Journal Magazine has published an interesting look at the battle between Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive. The rival California startups are both trying to build premium electrically-driven cars but are taking very different approaches. The stories of the two companies have taken ...

Fisker Automotive appoints Russell Datz to Director of Public Relations 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

It may not seem like the most interesting piece of news you'll read today, but there's a bit more beneath the surface of the appointment of Russell Datz to the Director of Public Relations at Fisker Automotive than initially meets the eye. Datz has previously worked with Lotus on the launch of ...

Production Fisker Karma shows some more skin 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We got a pretty good look of the rear three-quarter view of the production Fisker Karma on Tuesday, but that was the only image we could find at the time of the new solar-roofed extended-range electric vehicle. It seems that the front of the production Karma is the most important to see, since ...

Fisker Karma to use GM's 2.0-liter turbo'd four 12 months ago on Autoblog Green

Those who were miffed at General Motors for eschewing its initial plans to launch the Chevy Volt with a small 1.0L turbocharged three cylinder engine are probably not going to like this piece of news, but Fisker Automotive has finally settled on an internal combustion engine to recharge the ...

Fisker and Valmet finalize Finnish production deal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While Tesla Motors has been scrambling just to stay solvent in recent weeks, arch-rival Fisker Automotive seems to be streaming ahead. Fisker just opened a Michigan engineering facility a few days ago and the startup has now finalized its deal to manufacture the Karma in Finland. Valmet Automotive ...

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