Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

The EVer (Electric Vehicle extended range) powertrain of the Fisker Karma. Fisker Automotive published its first business update, announcing that revenues had exceeded $100 million in the first four months of 2012. —Tom LaSorda, CEO of Fisker Automotive. 2012 Fisker Karma. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

Fisker Automotive, Inc. has entered into definitive agreements to receive an additional $85 million in venture capital funding for the development and manufacturing of its Karma plug-in hybrid automobiles. Early production vehicles of the 2010 Fisker Karma are slated to come off the assembly line late this year.

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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 multi-year agreement provides that A123 is the selected battery system supplier for the Fisker Karma. Project Nina is expected to launch in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

(CDTI) is supplying emission aftertreatment catalysts utilizing its patented mixed phase catalyst (MPC) technology for the Karma, Fisker’s new plug-in gasoline-electric hybrid luxury sedan, which starts shipping to both European and US retailers this month. —Charles Call, Chief Executive Officer of Clean Diesel.

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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. In the first stage of the program, Fisker Automotive will use a $169.3 Engineers will also design tools and equipment and develop manufacturing processes. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

million contract for Phase III development of plug-in hybrid powertrains for Fisker automobiles. This contract will enable Quantum to manage production validation of the Q-Drive plug-in hybrid system and ready it for volume production in 2010. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. has signed a $10.2 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

The Fisker Karma plug-in extended range electric vehicle ( earlier post ) made its public driving debut over the weekend, 19 months after being introduced as a concept. Behind the wheel was Fisker Automotive co-founder and COO Bernhard Koehler. Carbon emissions are also lower than today’s hybrids.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Fisker Automotive may still be waiting for final certification from the EPA and other regulatory bodies for its 2012 Karma plug-in hybrid sports sedan, but that's not stopping it from moving forward with its next car line.

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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. Fisker Board member Vic Doolan has been instrumental in guiding development of the company’s retail network. km a generator, turned by a 2.0L

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Green Car Reports

MAY 7, 2013

Not all plug-in electric cars rely on battery power alone; some also have gasoline engines as backups, for longer range or more power. Last year, we identified six plug-in hybrid vehicles on sale during 2013. This year, the list gains three new entries (from BMW, Cadillac, and Mitsubishi) and loses one (the Fisker Karma).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 11, 2016

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

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2022

The bill, as currently written, would make the Fisker Ocean electric SUV, which will be built in Austria starting in November, ineligible. The bill, as currently written, would make the Fisker Ocean electric SUV, which will be built in Austria starting in November, ineligible. —Chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker.

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Baua Electric

MAY 11, 2023

It’s a related cousin of the Dodge Hornet, and Alfa Romeo is providing it solely with a plug-in hybrid powertrain. This would be the terminating age of the bulky hatch and wagon to component internal-combustion engines, as Porsche plans to manufacture all of its fashions electrical excluding the 911.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2024

Which major automaker might be partnering with Fisker for an electric pickup? Fisker Alaska electric truck concept Fisker confirmed with an earnings report and update delivered Thursday that it’s in talks with an unnamed “large automaker” for EV platforms, investment, and North American manufacturing.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Department of Energy yesterday approved a $529 million low-interest loan to Fisker Automotive, which will start building its 2010 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid luxury sports sedan later this year. In June, Tesla Motors received a $465 million loan for production engineering and. Customer deliveries will start next May.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

In one configuration, the diesel engine produces 75 hp (56 kW), the electric motor, 133 hp (99 kW), and the powertrain yields 5,463 lb-ft (7,407 N·m) of torque after gear reduction. In 2008 Quantum introduced a gasoline plug-in-hybrid electric drive—Q-Drive—in the Fisker KARMA 4-door sports sedan. Earlier post.)

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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. To date, the relatively high cost of batteries has kept electric and plug-in vehicles at the fringes of the auto industry.

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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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EV Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

See which EVs are joining Tesla’s charging network and adopting the NACS plug. Automakers Rush to Embrace NACS Technology In June of 2023, Ford was the first domino to fall, becoming the first major automaker to collaborate with Tesla and announce its adoption of the NACS plug. Driving an electric vehicle is getting a whole lot easier.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Fisker Automotive is celebrating a significant funding boost as it bids to breakout from upstart company into a mainstream success story. In its first stage, Fisker will use $169.3million for engineering integration costs as it works with US suppliers to complete the Fisker Karma. Both cars must be delivered by 2016.

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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. The petrol engine then generates enough electricity to run for 250 more miles.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

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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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

EnerFuel is developing advanced high-temperature PEM fuel cell systems and is currently focused on developing a range extender for electric vehicles, said Daniel Betts, EnerFuel’s Principle Engineer and on the executive management team, on the conference call. Tags: Fuel Cells Plug-ins. Charles Gassenheimer.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

Fisker looks to join the crowded market. Virtually every car dealer—and a growing number of used car lots—will have full EV or plug-in hybrid offerings.

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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. It’s more than likely that the manufacturer in question is GM, which is supplying Fisker with its 260-hp, 2.0L turbocharged Ecotec four as the Karma’s range-extending engine.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The BYD ute will kick off with a plug-in hybrid system that pairs a 1.5-litre 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. Around 2025 there’s also a full battery electric version due.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

The SAE Taskforce on wireless charging and positioning of electric vehicles (SAE J2954) ( earlier post ) is progressing, and is slated to have a final draft of the guideline this year, according to the Society of Automotive Engineers, International (SAE). Bus manufacturers Volvo and Proterra are also participating.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 30, 2024

bound hybrids and plug-in hybrids. The Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e plug-in hybrid , scheduled for U.S. 2023 Fisker Ocean Fisker is facing an uneasy future with the dissolution of a potential EV partnership, reportedly with Nissan, and an additional investment that also might not materialize. kwh battery pack.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Not long before, the plug-in movement was small enough that not only would we have known about something like this before it happened, we would have been the ones out there with the signs freezing our butts off. I haven’t heard about them since (though the former Saturn plant in the area is slated for Fisker ) but the image stuck with me.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 28, 2008

W e've had the people in our shop go over the new energy bill with an eye for Plug Ins and electric transportation in general. Clearly, this bill will accelerate the development of Plug Ins and energy storage in general. Here are the ones that caught our eye: Quantum's Fisker Joint Venture to Launch the New Fisker.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 19, 2009

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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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

LiveWire motorcycles are not really Harleys, the thought goes, although they will share engineering, production facilities, a supply chain and global logistics. The car has been rolling along ever since, including a plug-in hybrid Prime model today and variants that were discarded along the way. The LiveWire at launch was a Harley.

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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.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

The Leaf is just the first of several all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles about to come on the market. Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. Electric vehicles are powered by batteries instead of internal combustion engines. ’ &#.

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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. Fisker Automotive. The company hopes to begin selling the Fisker Karma in mid 2010 in Europe. Faye Sunderland.

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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. Because of Hondas different architecture (the engine runs whenever the motor runs), aftermarket conversion of Hondas are unlikely. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0"

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We and Fisker Automotive Inc.,are and Fisker Automotive Inc.,are We are thinking about plug-in hybrids, but we aren’tthinking about commercializing one right away,” Fukui said. General Motors Corp., at 4:01 p.m.

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