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Bankrupt Lordstown Motors reaches $40 million agreement with Karma Car

Baua Electric

Lordstown Motors stated on Tuesday it had reached a $40-million agreement with Karma Car over a 2020 lawsuit by which the now-bankrupt electrical car company was once accused of stealing proprietary generation. The agreement, positioned with the U.S. That case is scheduled for trial in September.

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Karma presents its electric-car vision to China and vies for partners

Green Car Reports

Karma Automotive doesn't have just one vision for its future. The Southern California automaker unveiled a trio of new vehicles at the Shanghai auto show this week, ranging from a near-production look of the next version of the Karma Revero to a fanciful concept called the SC1. It has three.

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Pininfarina-kissed Karma GT plug-in hybrid heading to Monterey Car Week

Green Car Reports

The new Karma GT by Pininfarina will show off its much sleeker facelift at Monterey Car Week next weekend in California. The GT by Pininfarina, which made its first appearance at the Shanghai auto show in April, is a two-door coupe version of the Karma Revero sedan. Gone is the Joker grin, as well as the walrus mustache.

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Karma plans to relaunch with three new models at Shanghai auto show

Green Car Reports

Karma, the company that started as the new maker of the Fisker plug-in hybrid (and once Tesla-fighter) of the same name—now called Revero—plans a new birth, four years after buying the company out of bankruptcy.

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Karma gets approval to build electric cars in China

Green Car Reports

The original production run of the Fisker Karma luxury sedan was contracted to Valmet Automotive in Finland. But as the Karma Revero, the car will be built at a new facility in California.

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Karma gets farther from FIsker with 2020 Revero GT, electric car concept

Green Car Reports

Chinese-owned, California-based Karma Automotive made clear several years ago that its aspirations go well beyond merely resurrecting production of the car originally known as the Fisker Karma.

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Tesla Model 3 dishes out instant karma to driver mocking “brake failure” in China

Teslarati

It is said that karma can be a pretty vengeful thing. But if a recent Tesla crash in China is any indication, karma can be pretty darn ironic and funny too. Last year, Tesla China was hit by a wave of “brake failure” claims following a high-profile protest at the Shanghai Auto Show.

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