Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

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. The raise comes at a time when capital is scarce, the auto industry is struggling and the global economy is just beginning to rebound. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Plug in America

APRIL 15, 2022

Startup automakers such as Rivian, Lucid Motors, VinFast, and Karma Automotive are either currently building, or have plans to build vehicles in Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, and Arizona. Legacy automakers such as Ford, GM, and Toyota are beginning to revamp and build factories in states across the nation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

Quantum has developed an advanced version of its Q-Drive PHEV system which has been optimized to maximize the performance of the Fisker KARMA, a luxury sports sedan, and the KARMA S “Sunset,” a coupe/convertible. The Quantum Q-Drive includes a gasoline powered engine/generator set which yields high efficiency with very low emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2012

Like the Karma sedan, the Fisker Atlantic is a plug-in series hybrid vehicle that allows drivers to switch manually or automatically between electric and gasoline driving modes and sustain the charge of its lithium-ion batteries on the move.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The EPA estimates fuel economy to be 13 mpg city/20 highway/16 combined running on 91 octane. Competing against luxury sports sedans from Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Cadillac, Karma, Lexus, Lucid, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and Cadillac, the Ghibli is drawing on the rich Italian heritage of performance and style.

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China EV

JULY 30, 2019

Most recently, he has held various positions at Karma and Fisker , two EV startups with Chinese owners, albeit radically different types of Chinese owners. On top of that, add the downturn in China’s economy and the “messy,” as Taylor termed it, relationship between the U.S. Then reality set in. That is for a different blog, however.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 31, 2021

News: Shanghai Auto Show: Karma. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels. Other expensive PHEVs. News: 2023 BMW XM PHEV Revealed. News: 2022 Range Rover Lineup. Road Test: BMW Takes the Middle Road.

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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. The Karma can be refueled quickly.) Price: $87,000.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Coda Automotive , with its warmed-over Chinese sedan, has departed, but Fisker (now Karma) Automotive has revived its high-end plug-in hybrid under new Chinese ownership. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class. Henrik Fisker has vowed to return with his own California-themed model under his own name.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0" PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

That’s a real bummer about your lack of money old Chucky, but I’m still laughing away at your karma, dude. All I ever heard them do was badmouth the small Honda car I drive and complain about CAFE fuel economy standards. Guess what? I’ve got a real funny way for them to use their big sledge hammers now.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2019

California filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration over proposed fuel-economy rules, this time about fines. Karma plans to show off its GT by Pininfarina coupe at Monterey Car week this month. New federal tax credits in Canada have boosted EV sales in the country, the government says.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. 2/12/07 GM is aggressively pursuing plug-in hybrids "because of the tremendous potential to significantly increase fuel economy," according to spokesman Brian Corbett. Red Herring ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. It was a Manufacturing Failure, as GM NEVER planned to build the car in Volume, so No Economies of Scale were ever achieved. If no one wants your car (because people think it sucks), then no one will buy it, regardless of how good the fuel economy may or may not be.

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