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One way or another, Fisker Automotive may soon be off the market

Green Car Congress

Fisker’s loan was granted so the company could build an environmentally friendly luxury car called Karma in Finland and later a second vehicle named Atlantic in the United States. Delays in production and last-minute design changes drove the price to build a Karma much higher than the company could sell them for. John Thune, R-S.D.,

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. told the Nikkei International Automotive Conference in Tokyo. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program.

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