Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Karma has another new product plan. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volvo revealed its first minivan, and it’s a long-range, road-trip-worthy EV. And why is it a problem that EV owners are driving less?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2020

Karma Automotive announced its E-Flex utility van platform with extended range electric vehicle (EREV) architecture. The new platform is one of five demonstration projects designed to illustrate Karma’s technical direction and capabilities through the use of highly versatile EREV and battery electric (BEV) chassis systems.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2023

Lordstown has to face Karma first. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla faces a scandal over range and how it addressed consumer complaints. And Porsche looks beyond 350-kw connectors for at least one future EV.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 31, 2021

Karma Automotive is looking to make the improbable leap from luxury cars to commercial trucks. The California-based company announced Monday that it will offer engineering and contract-manufacturing services to fleet customers under the "Powered by Karma" banner.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

Karma Automotive is expanding its Revero series with a new model, the Karma Revero GTE. The Revero GTE will join the GTS, GT and original Revero as the fourth model in Karma’s Revero family, initially offering two versions—both 200-mile and 300-mile range configurations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

Karma offers a technology-focused vehicle platform powered by advanced connectivity, autonomous driving, and artificial intelligence; the platform can be utilized as a test-bed to help drive innovation. The collaboration’s initial work will be focused on integrating PATEO Qing Mobile to the Karma Revero GT.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 28, 2023

Bankrupt Lordstown Motors must face a trial over fellow EV firm Karma Automotive's claim that the Ohio-based automaker stole infotainment technology, Reuters reported Thursday. Lordstown filed for bankruptcy in June and had asked U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2019

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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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 31, 2021

Karma is chasing the fleet market with plug-in commercial trucks. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. GM’s replacement of Bolt EV batteries could bring older versions of the electric car more range than when new. Subaru gives us a peek inside the Solterra EV. And could synthetic fuels reverse the end for ICE?

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 20, 2020

Green-car deals are surprisingly hard to find this month. And does a 400-mile, all-electric Karma Revero give what started as the Fisker Karma some new relevance? This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Electric range and efficiency ratings for the upcoming Karma GS-6 plug-in hybrid were recently posted on the EPA's fueleconomy.gov website—and they match figures for the 2020 Karma Revero GT.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2020

Starting next year, the Karma Revero will get closer than it ever has to rivaling the Tesla Model S. Ironically, that will mean retiring the range extender that was once broadly sized up as the Revero’s ace card—back when, in an earlier existence, it was called the FIsker Karma.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Karma Automotive is suing Lordstown Motors, alleging the Ohio-based electric-truck firm stole trade secrets and poached employees involved in the development of infotainment tech.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2021

It’s been a long and winding road for Karma Automotive, which was born of the remains of Fisker more than five years ago and still hasn't managed to make as many cars as the original.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Karma prices the GS-6 plug-in hybrid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Karma has put a price tag on its GS-6 plug-in hybrid arriving soon, and. Alpha Motors shows us how retro-cute EVs can be styled for America. Virginia signs on with California standards.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

It is said that karma can be a pretty vengeful thing. But if a recent Tesla crash in China is any indication, karma can be pretty darn ironic and funny too. As could be seen in a dashcam recording of the incident, a Tesla Model 3 was minding its own business when the green MG6 sedan tried and miscalculated an overtaking maneuver.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2020

Ride-hailing isn't so green in California. And Karma thinks more about trucks. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Iowa is likely seeing more Teslas on TV. Data focusing on California underscores that ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are adding to pollution, not reducing it.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 3, 2020

California’s Karma is revealing a more modestly priced plug-in hybrid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Karma has revealed that a more affordable GS-5 plug-in. Eight automakers still oppose California’s right to set its own vehicle emissions rules and mandate EVs.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Karma calls foul on Lordstown. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Nissan appears to be exploring electric-truck possibilities, too. And the Mustang Mach-E electric SUV gets EPA range ratings.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 18, 2019

Karma Automotive doesn't have just one vision for its future. The Southern California automaker unveiled a trio of new vehicles at the Shanghai auto show this week, ranging from a near-production look of the next version of the Karma Revero to a fanciful concept called the SC1. It has three.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2020

California-based Karma Automotive set pricing Friday for the GSe-6, its upcoming battery electric version of its Revero, until recently slated to be called the Revero GTE.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending November 17, 2023. Which EV holds onto more of its range in the cold? And drivers of EVs from which vehicle maker appeared to “brick” their EVs?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

Karma Automotive’s planned distribution strategy will use both independent dealers and also company owned brand-experience centers to sell and service the new high-end Revero plug-in hybrid. In addition, Karma is working on the development of its first Orange County Brand Experience Center that will be announced separately.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 2, 2020

Karma Automotive is touting its new platform for extended-range electric vehicles, which the California-based company claims can be used for a variety of different vehicle types. The E-Flex platform is flexible enough to underpin everything from autonomous delivery vans to "high-performance supercars," a Karma press release said.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

And Karma has taken the Revero name off its electric version of it. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla Battery Day steals the show today. Volkswagen ID.4 4 owners get free fast-charging for three years.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Karma Automotive Monday revealed pricing for its more affordable plug-in hybrid luxury car, the GS-6. With its arrival this month, the GS-6 starts at $83,900. A high-performance GS-6S model starts at $103,900.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Karma Automotive announced Monday that its first all-electric model—due in 2021—will be named GSe-6, not Revero GTE, as originally mentioned. The GSe-6 will be the first in a family of "GS Series" models, according to Karma, which is now accepting $100 refundable deposits for the car.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2020

Monday, news broke of another electric truck potentially in the works—this one from California-based, Chinese-funded Karma Automotive. According to a Bloomberg report, directly citing Karma’s COO.

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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

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Karma Automotive is planning its first all-electric production model, but it seems plug-in hybrids will remain a substantial part of the company's lineup. On Wednesday Karma announced a reshuffling of that lineup, including a new plug-in hybrid model called the GS-6, which will slot below a revamped version of the Revero GT.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

BMW will supply Karma Automotive—Fisker reborn—with its latest powertrain components, including high voltage battery charging systems and a wide range of hybrid and EV systems, for application in Karma’s flagship plug-in hybrid, to be re-launched next year. —Karma’s CEO Tom Corcoran. founded in 2007.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Karma Automotive announced Tuesday that it will now accept Bitcoin at its flagship Newport Beach location. In addition to dabbling in cryptocurrency for simple transactions, Karma will also explore theoretical blockchain applications outside of the that space, the electric-car manufacturer said in its announcement.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 10, 2019

Karma gets hit with an airbag recall for original 2012 Fisker Karmas. All this and more on Green Car. Ford revealed new software and testing to determine optimal locations for public chargers. And our in our latest Twitter poll results, our readers change their minds about electric racing.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Tesla may have swooped in at the last minute and stolen the show in Los Angeles this week, but the ever-frisky Karma has its own pickup pitch: an extended-range EV for commercial applications. Karma's pitch is a bit less concrete than Tesla's.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 22, 2019

Now that venture, renamed Karma after is primary product, following the company's revival at the hands of Chinese investors, has hired a new design firm. Fisker, the luxury plug-in hybrid car company that went bankrupt in 2013, was founded by a car designer.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2019

The 2020 Karma Revero GT will trim back its signature handlebar mustache for a bushier walrus variety. And when it goes on sale late this summer, buyers will be able to order it at a new $100 million custom design center adjacent to the Karma factory in Moreno Valley, California.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 5, 2019

The new Karma GT by Pininfarina will show off its much sleeker facelift at Monterey Car Week next weekend in California. The GT by Pininfarina, which made its first appearance at the Shanghai auto show in April, is a two-door coupe version of the Karma Revero sedan. Gone is the Joker grin, as well as the walrus mustache.

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