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Fisker Karma controls exhaust emissions

Green Cars News

The new plug-in petrol electric luxury saloon car, the Fisker Karma, will soon benefit from emission after-treatment catalysts after an agreement was reached with Clean Diesel Technologies Inc.

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Foxconn about to start Electric Vehicles.

Electric Vehicles India

Tamil Nadu wants the company to further invest in the state and the group has evinced interest in setting up a manufacturing line for EVs, the report added, last year the company acquired a manufacturing facility in North America to develop electric vehicles, where it will make products for hybrid EV brand Fisker.

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Fisker on track to meet production target

Green Cars News

However, if you were expecting the Fisker Karma to be another example of a green car that got away, then it seems you got one wrong. The 2010 Fisker Karma will offer 400 horsepower of peak power and has a 0-60mph time of less than six seconds. The petrol engine then generates enough electricity to run for 250 more miles.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. The most powerful F-150 Lightning will have up to 433kW and 1051Nm and be capable of faster acceleration than any petrol-powered F-150 before it.

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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Karma makes public driving debut

Green Cars News

Those lucky enough to be at the Mazda Raceway last weekend got to witness one of the most hotly anticipated debuts in motoring as the Fisker Karma plug-in extended range electric vehicle made its public driving debut. None other than Fisker’s co-founder and COO Bernhard Koehler. And the driver for the debut performance?

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Fires, faults and failures: Are the Press unjustly battering electric cars? The Green Piece.

Green Cars News

Despite the commonplace occurrence of crashes, mechanical failures and manufacturer recalls for petrol and diesel cars, [.]. I don’t know that as a fact, it’s just a fairly safe assumption to make in a world of some one billion cars.

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