Fisker Karma Revero (FKA: Fisker Karma) Hybrid Sports Sedan

[Merc1]

I just hope that the electric version isn't going to be the only version. This care deserves a BMW I6 or MB V8 for those who love the shape, but don't want electric car. Provided that those motors fit.

M

 

[LaArtist]

i dont mind the electric motor..
the car has great performance anyways..
5. something to 100
thats more than enough..and i would sacrfise 0. somethings for that fuel economy of 2.4l/100 km

It still has a 260hp+ petrol engine and a 400hp+ electric engines..

Sounds and looks...like a dream ..
I wonder if it works like one aswell

 

[Sayyaaf]

Watch and learn PorschHhhhh

 

[ateekt]

^^^ I'll say the same... this car is better-looking by mile, compared to the fugly Panamera!

 

[NarutoRamen]

I will eat my words and admit that the production version looks quite stunning and is making the prospect of the EV more and more delightful. Of course, I still can't afford it, LOL.

 

[Centurion]

The CLS may have found its first proper competitor. I've fully approved this car although I wouldn't mind a little tone down of some of the styling. But overall the car is hot and looks production ready too. Check out the US spec side indicators.

Peep Mr. Frisk himself.

 

[Wolfgang]

The more I read about this the less I think its really going to happen. You're going to deliver a car with these specs by next year and no production base has been set yet? I really want this car to happen, but its sounding more and more like a pipe dream to me.

M

Their battery supplier ENER1 is not able to supply batteries.

They signed a contract with a new one, A123 Systems:

UPDATE: A123 Systems In Battery Supply Pact With Fisker Automotive - WSJ.com

Hopefully there is a backup plan, with a clean V8.

 

[JadeVetti]

Who is this car's direct competitor? Surely not the Model S with its stark price differential. What other high end vehicle innovating in electric/hybrid engines and disguising itself as a sports luxury coupe can be compared to this?

The design is appealing, and I am glad it doesn't resemble the Model S in or out, even though Tesla disagrees and sued Fisker (and had to pay up when their case was thrown out of court). There's a hint of AM here that I don't get from the Model S, so they are doing something right.

Overall I wouldn't buy it....rather add funds and get something else at that price point, but I look forward to its debut.

 

[Wolfgang]

Fisker Karma production to start March 21st

Report: Fisker Karma production to start March 21st - Autoblog

 

[Merc1]

This is yet another amazing car. I just want them to offer it with a regular engine at some point. That body deserves a real engine.


M

 

[Bartek S.]

First Fisker Karma to be Delivered to Leo Di Caprio, Company has More than 3,000 Orders

 

[bum-man]

HAHA! I nearly fell off my chair laughing! So this is what we can expect everytime we need to charge up?

 

[Merc1]

Stunning car, if it lives up to the hype it will have a secure place in history for sure. I wish they would offer it with a regular engine, like a BMW turbo 4 or some other engine worthy of this body (that will fit).

M

 

[Centurion]

Fisker reeks of vapourware. I am having my doubts as to whether he will actually make it as a manufacturer. He has made it far but Elon Musk is a much more credible entrepreneur.

 

[Wolfgang]

Yikes. The EPA has finally released its official fuel economy rating for the Fisker Karma, and it's not high: just 52 MPGe, an all-electric range of 32 miles and 20 miles per gallon on gasoline when the battery runs dry. This is well below the numbers that Fisker reps were bandying about in past years: 67.2 mpge and an all-electric range of 50 miles.

Fisker Karma gets EPA certified: 52 mpge, 32-mile electric range then 20 mpg

Guessing the new jet-guided MB V8s would get better than 20 MPG in the Karma...

 

[Guibo]

Thing is, 50% of US commuters travel 20 miles or less round trip to work. The Fisker would provide fuel-free motoring for much of that and have some electric range left over for other errands, like pickup up kids from school, etc. Even more if there are charging stations at work. Even without such stations, a 40-mile daily commute could see fuel use of just 8 gallons per month.

 

[Wolfgang]

with ZR1 engine

VL Automotive combines Fisker shell with Corvette engine
VL Automotive combines Fisker shell with Corvette engine | Reuters

 

[Cashmere]

China’s Wanxiang Group won an auction for Fisker Automotive Holdings Inc., the maker of luxury plug-in hybrid cars, with a $149.2 million bid, almost six times what Fisker was seeking when it filed for bankruptcy.

Wanxiang topped Hybrid Tech Holdings LLC during the auction, which began three days ago and went through 19 rounds of bidding, with an offer that includes $126.2 million in cash and $8 million in assumed liabilities, Fisker said yesterday in a statement. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross is scheduled to consider approving the sale on Feb. 18 in Wilmington, Delaware.

When it filed for bankruptcy in November, Fisker asked Gross to let Hybrid buy the company for about $25 million. Hybrid held a U.S. government loan to Fisker that the carmaker had defaulted on without making a payment. Unsecured creditors objected to the price and helped bring Wanxiang, China’s largest auto-parts supplier, into the case in December.

“It’s tremendous,” said William R. Baldiga of Brown Rudnick LLP, an attorney for the creditors. “I’m enjoying my ride home tonight.”

With the assets, the Chinese buyer could revive the Fisker brand in the world’s biggest auto market, which is struggling to reduce some of the globe’s worst air pollution. It would also provide an entry point to selling cars in the U.S. Wanxiang already owns the successor to the U.S. company that supplied batteries to Fisker until collapsing under the cost of recalling defective power packs.

Hurricane Sandy
Henrik Fisker, who founded the Anaheim, California-based automaker in 2007, told Congress in April that safety recalls, the bankrupt battery supplier and shipments lost to Hurricane Sandy hurt the company’s finances.

Fisker listed assets of as much as $500 million and debt of as much as $1 billion in its Nov. 22 Chapter 11 petition. The company sought creditor protection after defaulting on the U.S. loan. It had drawn about $192 million of the initial commitment of $529 million from a federal program intended to spur production of alternative-energy vehicles.

Hybrid Tech last year paid the U.S. Energy Department $25 million for the right to collect the loan. Fisker said in its bankruptcy filing that it intended to make a quick sale to Hybrid, a company led byRichard Li, the son of Hong Kong’s richest man, Li Ka-shing.

“This is a great result for all Fisker stakeholders, including Hybrid Tech Holdings LLC and Fisker’s general unsecured creditors,” Marc Beilinson, the carmaker’s chief restructuring officer, said in the statement yesterday.

18 Patents
Among Fisker’s assets are 18 patents covering grille designs, a fender vent and electric-vehicle drivetrain technology, according to the database of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It also has at least 18 more patent applications pending, including in aluminum subframing and solar-car technologies, said Charles Shifley, a patent attorney at Banner & Witcoff Ltd. in Chicago.

Fisker also spent $20 million in 2010 to take over an abandoned General Motors Co. plant in Wilmington. Both Hybrid and Wanxiang said they were interested in using the U.S. plant.

In bankruptcy court, a secured creditor like Hybrid typically can trade the face amount of a loan for a company’s assets in a so-called credit bid.

Bid Limit
While Fisker owed Hybrid more than $168 million, Gross said Hybrid could only use $25 million in any credit bid, siding with Wanxiang and unsecured creditors who argued a limit was the only way to create a competitive auction. Hybrid later raised its offer to $55 million, including the $25 million credit bid.

The Energy Department decided to sell its interest in Fisker after the default and when attempts to find a buyer failed. The winner of the auction will have to keep manufacturing and research in the U.S., Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said last month.

“After actively bidding in the auction, Hybrid has elected to retain its rights as a lender rather than continue to bid for ownership of Fisker,” Hybrid said in a statement.

Fisker said the sale should close “promptly” after Gross grants his approval.

The deal is also subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, according to Anita-Marie Laurie, an outside spokeswoman for Fisker with Sitrick and Co. The act requires individuals and companies over a certain size to adhere to notification and waiting period conditions before they complete acquisitions resulting in holding stock or assets above specified thresholds.

The case is In re Fisker Automotive Holdings Inc., 13-bk-13087, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[Cashmere]

Wanxiang plans to immediately restart production of the Fisker Karma

Chinese auto parts giant Wanxiang plans to “immediately” restart production of the Fisker Karma as soon as the deal is closed to acquire the beleaguered electric car startup, the head of Wanxiang America, Pin Li, told me in an interview. The deal is expected to close in the next 30 to 60 days, and Wanxiang partly won the $149 million bid in recent days because it could get production started back up quickly.

The original Fisker Karma’s (the 2,000 or so that were made) were manufactured in Finland by Finnish auto manufacturer Valmet Automotive. Wanxiang will be talking to and working with Valmet for restarting production of the Karma. Fisker stopped producing the car over a year ago as it ran out of cash and struggled with problems with the car and problems with publicity.

When I asked Li about Fisker’s planned second car, the Atlantic, he said that Wanxiang would do the best it can to move toward production but that it was probably still years away from getting to the market. Li also said that Wanxiang would likely still use the Fisker and Karma brands to sell these new cars.

Here’s the back story on Fisker, which I published last year: A look under the hood — why electric car maker Fisker crashed and burned. Will consumers want to buy Karma’s after all that drama?

http://gigaom.com/2014/02/19/wanxiang-plans-to-immediately-restart-production-of-the-fisker-karma/

 

[Cashmere]

Fisker is back, except its now known as the Karma Revero

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