Fisker Automotive, which spent about $1.4 billion (including $193 million in taxpayer money), has a new suitor in a German investment company Fritz Nois AG. They reportedly just made an offer of $25 million for the quasi-bankrupt company.
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The news comes via Autobild.de, which reports that a Frankfurt-based company called Fritz AG Noi, headed by Hamburg lawyer Ingo Voigt, made a plan to resurrect the company and shift product from Finland to the U.S.
They think they can create 2,500 Karmas a year before building other vehicles planned by Fisker, including the Fisker Sunset and Fisker Surf variants.
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Mergermarket is reporting that they have to get clearance from the Department of Energy. Beats the hell out of selling it to the Chinese, right?
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This makes me happy. The Karma is such a beautiful design (MUCH more sexy than the Model S, IMO) and I was worried that it was going away. While I was dreaming the impossible dream that Ford would buy Fisker and turn the Karma into the next Lincoln (as is and also with the option to ditch the batteries/drivetrain and equip with a Coyote), I'm glad there is some hope here.