Karma

Formerly of Fisker Automotive, this highly anticipated hybrid has been reborn…

The future of Fisker is still very much in the air. Unless the company is able to find some last-minute financing, the dream of the car designer Henrik Fisker may very well end in bankruptcy court. Fisker himself bowed out several weeks ago, citing irreconcilable differences with management. He had earlier stepped down as chief […]

Few cars have generated as much buzz as the Fisker Karma hybrid electric sports sedan. But lately, most of the news has been negative. Last year the U.S. Department of Energy suspended its $529 million loan to the California-based start-up after the company failed to meet the government’s progress deadlines. In January, Fisker stopped sales […]

It did not take long for enthusiasts of high-performance cars to redefine the term “going green” as a pejorative. Among drivers who savor speed and raw power, the very thought of another fuel-sipping hybrid seems to trigger yawns and sighs. However, there are a handful of manufacturers currently striving to prove these skeptics wrong. Performance […]

If all goes as planned, the Fisker Karma (www.fiskerautomotive.com) will cover 100 miles on a gallon of gas or diesel fuel and 620 miles on a single tank, partly by traveling the first 50 miles on power generated by lithium batteries. The plug-in, hybrid premium sport sedan was designed by Henrik Fisker, who conceived the […]