Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2019

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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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2016

After it bought the remains of bankrupt carmaker Fisker Automotive, Chinese auto-parts Wanxiang laid out plans to relaunch Fisker's Karma luxury plug-in hybrid. With namesake Henrik Fisker long gone, those plans included a name change to Karma Automotive. DON'T MISS: Fisker Becomes Karma Automotive, To Relaunch In.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2019

Geely launches a new electric-vehicle brand, and Karma teases more about its future product plans. And Tesla wasn't the only one with a plug-in vehicle sales slump in the first quarter. As we ramp up for auto shows in Shanghai and New York, it's the start of what's bound to be a busy week here at Green Car Reports.

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Electric Cars are for Girls

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Fisker's Karma is a production-ready plug-in hybrid, - meaning TODAY, not 2010 - and it's coming to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 15th.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 23, 2019

Last week at the Shanghai auto show, Infiniti rolled out its new Qs Inspiration electric sports sedan. Karma launched two new models, including a plug-in hybrid SUV and an electric sports car. Kia put a plug on.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Not to be left out of the tempest of EV news surrounding the Los Angeles Auto Show, reincarnated EV hopeful Karma showed off its new high-performance, longer-range Revero GTS last week, with a sticker price of $149,950—less than $15,000 more than the GT.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 8, 2011

The last we heard of the Fisker Karma was that the plug-in hybrid luxury sedan was still on track for delivery, either this month or in April, but with an increased starting price of $95,900, up from the original price of $80,000 announced back in 2008.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

One of the few other vehicles to have used such a system is the Karma Revero —also called the GS-6 and, originally, the Fisker Karma. Mercedes has instead been shifting toward more plug-in hybrids , with DC fast-charging capability and larger batteries—but it hasn’t downsized the engines substantially yet on those.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

In the beginning was the Fisker Karma. Then came battery cell failures, bankruptcy, a Chinese company, a departing designer, a swaggering auto exec, a big honkin' V-8 engine, and two new companies.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2012

After a week involving fires, financial woes and recalls, it looks like things may be looking up for Fisker Automotive: its 2012 Karma plug-in hybrid is the second best-selling 4-door luxury car in the Netherlands. auto companies have been successful. As PlugInCars reports, Fisker’s founder Henrik Fisker is ecstatic.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 7, 2015

Today, the remains of Fisker Automotive show a hint of life, we drive the 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid plug-in car, and a Volkswagen Beetle Hybrid prototype appears outside the 2015 New York Auto Show. A recently-released teaser indicates details on the revived Fisker Karma could arrive before the end of.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Now that deliveries of the stylish 2012 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid have begun, the question most often asked of the automaker is “what comes next?" A shooting brake (or station wagon, for us Americans) dubbed the Fisker Surf was shown at the Frankfurt Auto Show and will be the next Fisker model to hit dealer showrooms.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2016

But now he's once again involved with the Karma luxury sedan. He's joining VL Automotive, which still plans to sell Karmas with V-8 engines in place of their original extended-range electric powertrains. Henrik Fisker left his namesake car company in March 2013, shortly before Fisker Automotive itself went bankrupt.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

million in private equity funding to develop plug-in hybrid cars. million US Department of Energy conditional loan that will, in part, help speed completion of the Fisker Karma, the company’s first plug-in hybrid. Fisker Automotive last week secured access to an additional $115.3 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

A123 Systems has entered a battery supply agreement with Fisker Automotive to supply battery systems for the Fisker Karma Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The Karma—an extended-range electric vehicle—is scheduled to be launched in late 2010. A123’s technology will ensure the Karma delivers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

million conditional loan to Fisker Automotive for the development of two lines of plug-in hybrids—the Karma and the new Project Nina vehicle—by 2016. The Department plans to make additional loans under this program over the coming months to large and small auto manufacturers and parts suppliers up and down the production supply chain.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The 2012 Fisker Karma extended range electric car (plug-in hybrid) may have been sold on its sexy good looks, and sporty performance -- but now the luxury sedan has a more practical sibling -- the Fisker Surf. Unveiled today at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, the 2013 Fisker Surf is a crossover wagon variant of the luxury sports sedan.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. Think Tank’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key. Like Paul MacCready’s original design for the Impact that established the world’s lowest drag coefficient of.195,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Fisker Karma EREV. Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2009

Fisker Automotive has appointed its first group of 32 US retailers to market and service its luxury plug-in hybrid vehicles, beginning with the $87,900 Karma sedan later this year. Earlier in March, Fisker staged the European debut of the Karma sedan at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. But I was still stoked to exhibit the car at every LA area EV Expo, Earth Day Event and Plug-In spectacular.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Powerful, Sleek, Plug-in Hybrid Luxury Coupe. The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) 2021 Polestar 1 is powered by a 2.0-liter, 120V common wall plug up to 8 hours for a 100-percent charge. 120V common wall plug up to 8 hours for a 100-percent charge. Not the End, But a New Beginning. The open road is where the Polestar 1 wants to be.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Plug-ins are trending in key markets around the country, although much of the action remains focused in California and other West Coast states. The Model S is the best-selling plug-in car in the U.S. We’ll try to keep this up-to-date as the EV market continues to evolve. Let us know what you think. had Tesla badges on them.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 3, 2009

Actually, it’s a plug-in hybrid much like the Chevy Volt. Then there’s Toyota, with the plug-in Prius claiming maybe 20 mile AER. The Karma is making its production debut at the rapidly-approaching 2009 Detroit auto show. turbocharged Ecotec four as the Karma’s range-extending engine.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Add to Mixx Add to Newsvine Add to Connotea Add to CiteUlike Add to Furl Googlize this Add to Rojo Add to MyWeb Favorite Print E-mail The price of green: The Fisker Karma, on display at the New York Auto Show, is a plug-in hybrid that can run on batteries alone for 50 miles. Price: $87,000. It takes the Volt about 9 seconds.)

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

Funny that this article cites “a shortage of public charging stations&# as the sole reason for auto makers scrapping electric vehicles in the 1990s. The Leaf is just the first of several all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles about to come on the market. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News. By Dana Hull. Advertisement.

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Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. See How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity. At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public today with a glittering display of green cars taking pride of place. As consumers start to show a renewed interested in buying vehicles, the auto show is. Fisker Karma. Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept. Fisker Karma. Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Concept.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In December last year, BYD began selling the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid vehicle, the F3DM, which is slated to go on sale in Europe in 2010 with a 62mile all-electric range. However, it’s not just the ‘big boys’ of motoring that are having an impact as we enter a new automotive era. Tesla Motors.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Are You Plugged In? Some of the first plug-in electric passenger vehicles are slated to roll onto U.S. How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. By Mara Lemos Stein.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?",

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The production-ready 2023 Fisker Ocean debuted at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show to an interested group of industry insiders and journalists. As with all battery electric vehicles, expect three plug-in options plus regenerative braking to fill the battery. Swimming with the Big Boys. The usual smooth EV front. Ocean Design.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Two German investors, Ingo Voigt and Fritz Nol, announced their intent to buy Fisker Automotive, the failing plug-in hybrid car company, on 11 September. The program backs automotive companies that offer both green energy initiatives, such as increased fuel efficiency, and new auto industry jobs in the United States. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). "The Volt is a case study. And that means it doesnt necessarily pay the rent.

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