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Karma showcases extended range E-Flex platform for utility van applications

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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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Karma Automotive debuts all-new Level 4 autonomous van E-flex platform

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Karma Automotive introduced its SAEnLevel 4 autonomous van with a battery electric vehicle (BEV) architecture, one of five platforms designed to offer new electric mobility solutions through highly versatile EREV (extended range electric vehicle) and BEV chassis systems. Karma Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) Inverter.

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Karma Automotive unveils High-Performance E-Flex Platform

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Together with Karma’s new Silicon Carbide (SiC) high-density inverter ( earlier post ), the platform features a flat-floor battery for optimal weight distribution that could provide up to 400 miles of pure-electric range. —Kevin Zhang, Chief Technology Officer, Karma Automotive. Earlier post.).

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Karma adds Revero GTE to lineup; first BEV; based on E-Flex platform

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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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Will an all-electric, 400-mile Karma Revero be enough for a Tesla Model S rematch?

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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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Karma GS-6 plug-in hybrid gets same EPA ratings as current Revero GT

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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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Fisker Karma delivers 83 km/51.6 mile electric range in TÜV testing

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The Fisker Karma has achieved 83 km/51.6 Earlier, the Karma received a US EPA rating having a 32-mile (51 km) all-electric range. Fisker says that the TÜV carried out the most thorough tests yet of the Karma’s real-world urban performance. EPA ratings are combined city/highway. Earlier post.).

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