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Karma Automotive’s flagship store now accepts Bitcoin as form of payment

Green Car Congress

Karma Automotive, the Southern California-based creator of luxury electric vehicles and high-tech incubator, is using its flagship company-owned store in Newport Beach, Calif., Karma Newport Beach now accepts Bitcoin as a form of payment for new vehicle sales and service performed at the facility. —Karma CEO Dr. Lance Zhou.

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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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Lordstown Motors should face rival’s trade-secret robbery trial in spite of chapter

Baua Electric

Karma filed the lawsuit in 2020, accusing Lordstown of poaching key staff and lifting commerce secrets and techniques to hurry up its building of the Continuity. Karma seeks $913.2 Lordstown stated permitting Karma to advance forward with the trial may just obstruct its talent to promote its industry as a going worry.

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

Green Car Congress

The purchase funds for Fisker would in theory go directly to the DOE since the government agency loaned the auto company a large sum of money before it stopped production more than a year ago. Delays in production and last-minute design changes drove the price to build a Karma much higher than the company could sell them for.

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Lordstown seeks purchaser amid Foxconn fiasco; negative takers to this point

Baua Electric

Prior to the chapter put its prison troubles on book, Lordstown was once preventing a lawsuit from Karma Car, which alleges that Lordstown poached Karma workers and stole business secrets and techniques. However Lordstown has “really focused on building a culture around integrity, discipline and collaboration.”

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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. It features a 2.4

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Trofeo

Clean Fleet Report

Acceleration is strong and builds as you glide through the gears. The 1,300-watt 15-speaker system has SiriusXM, AM/FM/HD radio, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay and Alexa Built-in. Clicking into a lesser drive mode of Normal or I.C.E. Increased Control and Efficiency) reduces the sound level when creeping home late at night.