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- Big Green Claims for the Fisker Karma Supercar
- The Fisker Karma will be at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week, and the Irvine, California-based company is claiming very strong green credentials for its ultra-fast (zero to 62 in six seconds) plug-in hybrid supercar. Using Society of Automotive Engineers SAE calculators, Fisker says it gets 67.2...
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- Hybrid Cars: 5 Luxury Models to Test-Drive
- If you want to buy a hybrid, you don?t have to settle for an econobox. These gorgeous, gussied-up green vehicles are as luxurious as anything on the road. The only hitch: They aren?t as environmentally friendly as you might expect. Here?s a headlight-to-headlight comparison to help...
- Articles 2009-11-06
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- Detroit Auto Show: Henrik Fisker on Start-Up Pros, Cons
- If he can pull it off, Henrik Fisker of Fisker Automotive could be the first guy to put his own name on a start-up car company and make it into production since the late John DeLorean did it in the late 1970s. You can't do that if you're a shrinking violet...
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Fisker to buy former Solstice/Sky plant for $18 million:
- The old General Motors plant in Delaware that until July cranked out sports cars for Pontiac, Saturn and Opel will be sold and retooled to build plug-in hybrids with UAW workers. Fisker Automotive said Tuesday that it will buy the plant, located in Wilmington, Del., from Motors Liquidation Co.--the old...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Tesla, Fisker in Battle Over Trade Secrets
- Considering how often auto executives jump ship to a competitor, which is quite often, it's a wonder there aren't a lot more charges of "industrial espionage" flying around. The latest case involves the high-profile, electric-car upstart Tesla Motors, which on April 14 filed suit in the Superior Court of California...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Valmet in Finland to Produce "Instant" Karma?
- Fisker Automotive named Valmet in Uusikaupunki, Finland, to build its $80,000 Fisker Karma sports car, a plug-in hybrid. With just over a year to go before the Karma is supposed to go on sale, there's not much time. In other words, with apologies to John Lennon, it better be an...
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Web of Lawsuits Surrounds Tesla, Fisker Debuts
- Fisker Automotive Inc. maintains that its plug-in hybrid sports car, the Karma, is still on track for delivery starting in the fourth quarter of 2009. That would be a minor miracle, regardless of an April 14 lawsuit in which rival Tesla Motors claims Fisker Automotive took some...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Fisker Defends Its Business Model: Small is Beautiful
- In a second installment of our look at carmakers possibly being too small to make it in the marketplace, we’ve fielded a detailed response from Fisker Automotive. As you may recall, the first story reported on a BusinessWeek commentary by longtime industry analyst Maryann Keller, who said...
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- Fisker Stars in Rebirth of Shuttered Delaware GM Plant
- At 10 a.m. tomorrow, Vice President Joe Biden will stand with Delaware Governor Jack Markell inside General Motors’ shuttered Boxwood plant in Wilmington and make an announcement that will surprise absolutely no one: Fisker Automotive, the former Delaware senator will say, is buying the plant to make its $46,000 Project...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- More Court Battles Slow Tesla Down
- It turns out that Tesla Motors, which filed suit against Fisker Automotive Inc. on April 14, was sued earlier by Magna Powertrain USA Inc., according to court records. The two cases aren’t directly related, but the lawsuits go to show that developing a new car from scratch is not for...
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Are Tesla and Fisker Too Small to Succeed?
- Is the Obama Administration misspending the government’s money on startups such as Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive? That’s the contention of an October 12 BusinessWeek article, which quotes longtime analyst Maryann Keller as saying, “We’re pouring $1 billion into two companies without a future. The economics of the industry favors...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Fisker to convert a GM plant in Delaware to build plug-in hybrid cars.
- Posted by: David Welch on October 26 Out with the old, in with the new. California electric-car startup Fisker Automotive will announce plans tomorrow to turn an old General Motors plant in Wilmington (Dell.) into a hybrid electric-car plant. Fisker plans to use the 52-year-old factory to build its $48,000...
- News items 2009-10-27
- One Round to Fisker in Tesla Lawsuit
- Fisker Automotive won a round in its legal fight with Tesla Motors, as a judge in San Mateo (Calif.) Superior Court on June 11 granted Fisker's motion to stay Tesla's suit against Fisker, and send the case to arbitration. Tesla Motors sued Fisker on April 14. Tesla...
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Fisker to buy GM plant to produce affordable plug-in hybrids
- California-based Fisker Automotive is paying USD18m to acquire an old General Motors manufacturing plant in Wilmington, Delaware. An additional USD175m will be spent refurbishing and retooling the site, which will produce the firm’s Project NINA affordable plug-in hybrid electric vehicle PHEV. ...
- Articles 2009-10-27
- Fisker buys GM plant to produce affordable plug-in hybrids
- California-based Fisker Automotive is paying USD18m to acquire an old General Motors manufacturing plant in Wilmington, Delaware. An additional USD175m will be spent refurbishing and retooling the site, which will produce the NINA plug-in hybrid electric vehicle PHEV. The car...
- Articles 2009-10-27
- Should Electric Cars Make Noise? U.S. Law May Require It.
- As a car writer, people ask me for advice, and I recently got this communication from friend Etienne via Facebook: “Jim, I need guidance,†it said. “Please...I TRIED and CANNOT get used to the lack of sound when my son’s Honda Civic hybrid..doesn’t make any sound. It gets me nervous. Is...
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Report Says Lotus Will Build a Battery-Powered Car
- Date posted: 01-02-2009 HETHEL, England — British sports car maker Lotus will build a battery-powered performance car, according to a Thursday report in the Financial Times. The technology used in the Lotus car will be similar to that in the Chevrolet Volt, with a fuel-powered range extender that works after...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Norway's Think EV Adds U.S. Board Members, GM Connection
- Think, the European battery car maker, will soon be speaking Norwegian with an unmistakable American accent. The company, once an arm of Ford, has some $47 million in new investment partly from American investors and, after it conquers Asia and Europe, an ambitious U.S. expansion plan. Think...
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- An Executive Porsche: For Fast Company, it's the Panamera
- Porsche Cars North America is hardly alone as it faces a challenging luxury car market in 2009. In March, the German carmaker reported sales of 1,749 cars and SUVs, compared to 2,467 in the same month last yearâ€"a 29 percent drop. For many decades, Porsche built only...
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Range-Conscious Early EVs Likely to Offer Few Frills
- I hopped into my new test car, a 2009 Nissan Versa 1.6, and immediately went into shock. Not only did it have a blanking plate where the radio was supposed to be, but it also lacked power windows and door locks. In fact, it was the barest of bare-bones cars:...
- Blog posts 2009-07-24
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