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more about #fisker more comments → bmoreDLJ: Finally! A vehicle designed from the ground-up to kill unsighted pedestrians. more » Rust-MyEnemy: Screw the Army having a quiet electric vehicle, why can't my milkman manage not to wake me every morning? And his Electric Vehicle can only do about ... more » McMike: hai r u my mommy? more » Ash78, cube farmer: Shooting Karma's gonna get you Gonna shoot you right in the face Better get into your cave now We'll put you in your place Yeah, we all...shoot...gun... more » YankBoffin: "...fuel consumption 25% above similar vehicles." ? more » Bertone77: That's what I want, a military vehicle that gets great gas mileage and provides no protection for the occupants! Why not just strap a machine gun to a... more » Flathead Smith: This will fail and here’s why. Viable auto companies are building new production facilities in the south where labor unions are nearly non-existent,... more » Alfisted: VP Biden Runs With Scissors, Plays With Electricity #fisker more » TriShield: What makes anyone believe that Fisker is a viable automaker? They used everyone's tax money to purchase this plant and are using everyone's tax money... more » danio3834: I was really hoping DeLorean was going to buy that plant and keep cranking out Solstices. Instead some hybrid will be cranked out of there. Darn. #f... more » Pibbs: When will carmakers understand that $39,000 is not "affordable" in this economy? I know its a plug-in hybrid and all, but for a middle class family, t... more » bmoreDLJ: I'm all for putting Delawareans back to work at that factory. I really hope GM re-opens the Baltimore plant (though Lord knows what would be built the... more » snapoversteer 'bout to get told: I don't know if Fisker will be a credible automaker, but I sure hope it can have success. Doesn't suck to see some new jobs in Wilmington. #fisker more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: If I was buying an electric car, Fisker would be more attractive to me than Chevy, for the same price. Delaware, I seem to remember that there's a po... more » MaWeiTao: I thought Fisker was a Finnish company. Why aren't they providing the loan? But then I see Fisker is based in California, no doubt to benefit from US... more » -
#militaryvehicles
CREV Diesel Electric Hybrid: The Fisker Special Ops Vehicle
Quantum, better known as the engineering half of the Fisker Karma, is going commando with the Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle (CREV) diesel electric hybrid. It's quiet. Deadly quiet. More » -
#ifeelgassy
Fisker Buys GM Plant To Develop Chevy Volt-Killing Mid-Size
Alongside Vice President Joe Biden, Fisker Automotive executives announced today they'll buy GM's now shuttered Wilmington, Delaware assembly plant to develop "Project NINA," an "affordable, family-oriented plug-in hybrid sedan." So, basically, GM's selling Fisker a factory to develop a Volt-killer.
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#industrynews
Fisker Granted $528 Million Loan By Feds To Develop “Low-Cost” Plug-In Hybrid
The DoE just gave Fisker a $528 million loan, part of which will bring the Fisker Karma to market in 2010, while most will go to Project NINA, a $39,900 (after tax credits) plug-in hybrid. [Fisker] -
#ifeelgassy
Fisker Gives Karma 67.2 MPG Estimated Fuel Economy Rating, Beats All Current Hybrids
67.2MPG. That's the fuel economy figure Fisker calculated for the Fisker Karma using SAE standard estimations. If true, it puts the plug-in, mustachioed hybrid ahead of the current champ, the 2010 Toyota Prius at 50MPG. We'll see. Press release below. More » -
#newcars
Fisker Karma To Make Powered Debut At Monterey Historics
The Fisker Karma debuted its production-intent mustachioed shape at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, but now the fully running prototype will take a spin at the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races on August 15. More » -
#fisker
World's First Fisker Dealership To Open In Portland, Oregon
The debate over whether Fisker's $80,000 Karma plug-in hybrid sports sedan will come to market may rage on, but they've now found their first dealer willing to support the dream. More » -
#detroitautoshow
Fisker Karma S Sunset Concept Spied On Detroit Auto Show Floor
Though the Fisker Karma S Sunset doesn't officially debut for a few days, AutoSpies lived up to their name, sneaking onto the Detroit Auto Show floor early, snapping photos of the display. More » -
#renderedforyourpleasure
Fisker Karma S Sunset Concept
Fisker teased us earlier this week with a detail shot of the Karma S Sunset Concept, but we decided to uncover the droptop a little early thanks to KORSdesign. More » -
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#detroitautoshow
Fisker Sunset Concept Heading To Detroit
Fisker will be unveiling a new concept at the Detroit Auto Show, the romantically named Sunset. What is it? -
#detroitautoshow
Fisker Karma Previewed Ahead Of Detroit Reveal
If we take out our crystal ball and look forward two months, the big three will have their precious loans in hand, Barack Obama will have solved global warming and given everyone a puppy that craps rainbows, and the 2009 Fisker Karma will be fighting the 2010 Toyota Prius and the 2010 Honda Insight for bragging rights as press darlings of the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. -
#alternativeenergy
Something To Th!nk About Regarding The Coming (Hopefully) Green Vehicle Revolution
When we heard that Th!nk was coming to America our cynicism censors immediately lit up. Is this the same Th!nk that failed here before, went bankrupt, had their electric bike recalled and has annoying punctuation in their name? Yes. But they got that sweet sweet Kleiner Perkins VC money, right? True, that money has yet to produce a commercially successful car. The interesting history of all that below. More »
