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Fisker Wraps Investigation of Karma Fires at New Jersey Port, Blames One Car's Vehicle Control Unit

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/fisker-wraps-investigation-of-karma.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1lNenGVFjfY/UJhT4W3qMiI/AAAAAAAJ7-w/mO8JVW7zqSM/s1600/Fisker-Fire-0.jpg" style="border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 349px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 645px;" /></a> Last week, Sandy's furious tempest <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/mega-storm-sandy-submerges-16-new.html">resulted in 16 brand-new Fisker Karma</a> sedans and three Toyota Prius hybrids going up in flames at a shipping facility in New Jersey after being submerged in seawater for many hours. While we have yet to <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/three-toyota-prius-hybrid-models-also.html">hear from Toyota</a>, Fisker's engineers finished investigating the incident and have just released their findings through a press statement. According to the manufacturer, the culprit turned out to be a low voltage Vehicle Control Unit in one Karma, which after being under salt water for several hours, short-circuited and caused a fire that then spread to the other 15 extended-range plug-in hybrid models parked nearby due to the strong winds blowing at the time. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/fisker-wraps-investigation-of-karma.html#more">Read more »</a>

Electric Vehicles Fisker Fisker Karma Hybrids Reports Fisker Wraps Investigation of Karma Fires at New Jersey Port, Blames One Car's Vehicle Control Unit

Last week, Sandy's furious tempest resulted in 16 brand-new Fisker Karma sedans and three Toyota Prius hybrids going up in flames at a ...

Mega Storm Sandy Submerges 16 New Fisker Karma EVs, which Then Catch Fire at New Jersey Port

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/mega-storm-sandy-submerges-16-new.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-Z6Ct7q7rk/UJCE7gK24rI/AAAAAAAJz3I/pUYkPfrf-tE/s1600/Fisker-Fire_2.jpg" style="border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 349px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 645px;" /></a> The bad news for <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker">Fisker</a> continues. Among the many victims of Hurricane and then Tropical Storm Sandy are approximately 16 brand new Fisker Karma extended-range hybrids that were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey. An eyewitness told Jalopnik (which like the rest of the Gawker websites, continues to be down after Sandy drowned its data center but is broadcasting temporarily <a href="http://updates.jalopnik.com/">from this site</a>), that the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker%20Karma">Karma sedans</a> “first submerged in a storm surge and then caught fire, exploded.” <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/mega-storm-sandy-submerges-16-new.html#more">Read more »</a>

Fisker Fisker Karma Offbeat News Reports Mega Storm Sandy Submerges 16 New Fisker Karma EVs, which Then Catch Fire at New Jersey Port

The bad news for Fisker continues. Among the many victims of Hurricane and then Tropical Storm Sandy are approximately 16 brand new Fisker ...

Fisker CEO Says Carmaker is Looking for Partners, Shopping Out its Hybrid Technology

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/fisker-ceo-says-carmaker-is-looking-for.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zrXLWxQtr00/UMZK9YLC1qI/AAAAAAAKmqU/murcMiTDDos/s1600/Fisker-Karma-0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Having cars like the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Aston%20Martin%20DB9">Aston Martin DB9</a> and V8 Vantage and the BMW Z8 in your portfolio is quite an achievement. Building your own car company from scratch beats that – even more so, when you factor in that you haven’t celebrated your 50th birthday yet. Henrik Fisker is the man who has done all of the above. Fisker Automotive may have rolled out its <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker%20Karma">Karma</a> luxury plug-in hybrid sedan but is facing some problems, the most pressing of which is <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-looking-to-raise-150-million-to.html">the lack of finance</a>. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/12/fisker-ceo-says-carmaker-is-looking-for.html#more">Read more »</a>

Electric Vehicles Fisker Fisker Karma Reports Fisker CEO Says Carmaker is Looking for Partners, Shopping Out its Hybrid Technology

Having cars like the Aston Martin DB9 and V8 Vantage and the BMW Z8 in your portfolio is quite an achievement. Building your own car compan...

Fisker Karma Gets Colorful Wraps for its First Visit to the SEMA Show

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/fisker-gets-colorful-for-its-first.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pF2zSkWpDLE/UIhi0httWEI/AAAAAAAJspg/qdsT711iHzs/s1600/Fisker-Karma-SEMA-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Even <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker">Fisker</a> cannot resist the lure of the SEMA aftermarket show, which it will be attending along with re-skinned examples of its Karma plug-in hybrid luxury sports sedan. To be honest, there's nothing really dramatic about Fisker's <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/SEMA%20Show">SEMA show</a> Karma saloons as the California-based automaker has simply chosen to display a car dressed in protective film wraps from 3M to highlight its newly formed partnership with the company, and a second custom-painted model dedicated to synthetic motor oil brand Mobil 1. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/fisker-gets-colorful-for-its-first.html#more">Read more »</a>

Fisker Fisker Karma SEMA Show Tuning Fisker Karma Gets Colorful Wraps for its First Visit to the SEMA Show

Even Fisker cannot resist the lure of the SEMA aftermarket show, which it will be attending along with re-skinned examples of its Karma pl...

Fisker Karma Once Again Lambasted by Consumer Reports in its Latest Tests

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/fisker-karma-gets-lambasted-once-again.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4NUVHFEC2O4/UGI8uqA55XI/AAAAAAAJNhY/TiUWVMGmC5U/s800/Untitled-3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> With over 8 million subscribers and more than 50 labs, <a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/index.htm">Consumer Reports</a> claims to be the world’s largest independent product-testing organization. As far as the automotive industry is concerned, falling short of CR’s standards could spell bad news or at least bad publicity for any new model. In its latest issue, the publication tested the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Ford%20Escape%20-%20Maverick">Ford Escape</a> Titanium and SE compact SUVs and the Infiniti JX, while also conducting two comparison tests: one in the compact upmarket segment, where the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Acura%20ILX">Acura ILX</a> faced the Buick Verano, and the other in the luxury sedan category with the Fisker Karma placed against the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Porsche%20Panamera">Porsche Panamera S</a>. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/fisker-karma-gets-lambasted-once-again.html#more">Read more »</a>

Acura ILX Buick Verano Fisker Fisker Karma Fisker Videos Ford Escape Porsche Porsche Panamera Porsche Videos Reports Video Fisker Karma Once Again Lambasted by Consumer Reports in its Latest Tests

With over 8 million subscribers and more than 50 labs, Consumer Reports claims to be the world’s largest independent product-testing organ...

Fisker Says Karma Hybrid Luxury Saloon Already Surpasses 2025 CAFE Standards

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/fisker-says-karma-hybrid-luxury-saloon.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DKiLRSEmGZM/UGG5uaJEmQI/AAAAAAAJM2o/f4QfPZnJqTY/s800/Fisker-Karma-6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> The launch of Fisker’s first product, the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker%20Karma">Karma</a>, has not gone as smoothly as the automaker would have liked to. Delays in production and recalls over a battery-related <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-finds-that-cooling-fan-unit-to.html">fire risk</a> wasn’t exactly the publicity company founder Henrik Fisker was expecting for the luxury hybrid saloon. On Tuesday, though, the upstart manufacturer announced that the Karma already surpasses the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards that were finalized on August 28 by the NHTSA and EPA and will come into effect in 2025. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/fisker-says-karma-hybrid-luxury-saloon.html#more">Read more »</a>

Electric Vehicles Fisker Fisker Karma Hybrids Reports Fisker Says Karma Hybrid Luxury Saloon Already Surpasses 2025 CAFE Standards

The launch of Fisker’s first product, the Karma , has not gone as smoothly as the automaker would have liked to. Delays in production and r...

What do You Say About a Chrome-Wrapped Fisker Karma with Neon Underglow Lights?

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-do-you-say-about-chrome-wrapped.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5784707700671127954" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NNSs8CX93dc/UEdpAUv4IZI/AAAAAAAI5cc/FP5H4JjRlOk/s800/Untitled-3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> We cannot confirm if this <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker%20Karma">Fisker Karma sports sedan</a> does indeed belong to Justin Bieber as claimed by YouTube user "Speedracer39" who shared the video, but we can say that the owner of this six-figure plug-in hybrid has gone a bit overboard with the mods. Besides the full-body chrome wrap, the blacked-out alloy wheels and heavily tinted windows, the owner came up with the bright (literally) idea of adding so-called "neon underglow lights" that change colors while the car is on the move. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-do-you-say-about-chrome-wrapped.html#more">Read more »</a>

Fisker Fisker Karma Fisker Videos Hybrids Tuning Video What do You Say About a Chrome-Wrapped Fisker Karma with Neon Underglow Lights?

We cannot confirm if this Fisker Karma sports sedan does indeed belong to Justin Bieber as claimed by YouTube user "Speedracer39"...

Fisker Hosts Largest Karma Gathering Ever, All Cars Keep Their Cool

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-hosts-largest-karma-gathering.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5782150619768469138" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oCtHkl_vxzI/UD5TWoEatpI/AAAAAAAIw-A/bqUsy_P2oII/s800/Fisker-Karma-Gathering-7.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Fisker has been through a lot lately – and we're not only talking about its <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-looking-to-raise-150-million-to.html">financial issues</a> but more about the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/fisker-expands-previous-2012-karma.html">Karma-related recalls</a> and <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-finds-that-cooling-fan-unit-to.html">fires</a>. Fortunately for Fisker, no one had to call the fire brigade during the largest gathering of Karma sedans at the company’s global headquarters in Anaheim, California over the weekend. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-hosts-largest-karma-gathering.html#more">Read more »</a>

Electric Vehicles Fisker Fisker Karma Hybrids Reports Fisker Hosts Largest Karma Gathering Ever, All Cars Keep Their Cool

Fisker has been through a lot lately – and we're not only talking about its financial issues but more about the Karma-related recalls ...

Fisker Finds that Cooling Fan Unit to Blame for Latest Karma Fire Incident, Announces New Recall

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-finds-that-cooling-fan-unit-to.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5778779745275082306" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uD-Unh-Qe5E/UDJZj6BX9kI/AAAAAAAIpkY/_zbQF13Ge-k/s800/Untitled-5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Fisker in cooperation with an independent fire expert from Pacific Rim Investigative Services Group has completed an investigation regarding a recent incident in which a Karma plug-in hybrid saloon <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-bad-karma-for-fisker-as-another.html">caught on fire while sitting at a parking lot</a> outside of a grocery store in Woodside, California, on August 10. The company's engineers and the fire expert said that the ignition source and root cause of the fire was traced to a cooling fan unit located ahead of the left front wheel. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-finds-that-cooling-fan-unit-to.html#more">Read more »</a>

Electric Vehicles Fisker Fisker Karma Hybrids Recalls Reports Fisker Finds that Cooling Fan Unit to Blame for Latest Karma Fire Incident, Announces New Recall

Fisker in cooperation with an independent fire expert from Pacific Rim Investigative Services Group has completed an investigation regarding...

Fisker Investigating Latest Karma Fire in California, Releases First Findings

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-investigating-latest-karma-fire.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5776239882181985650" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kGyhe13_M0Q/UClTkarmxXI/AAAAAAAIjEE/1-fEEJ-bDao/s800/Untitled-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Fisker made headlines for all the wrong reasons this past weekend when one of its Karma plug-in hybrid sedans <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-bad-karma-for-fisker-as-another.html">burst into flames</a> at a parking lot in Woodside, California on Friday. Following a short statement on Saturday, Fisker issued a more detailed announcement today saying that its engineers in cooperation with independent investigators from Pacific Rim Investigative Group have begun preliminary examination and testing on the Karma model involved in the fire. The automaker has already shared some of the findings. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/fisker-investigating-latest-karma-fire.html#more">Read more »</a>

Fisker Fisker Karma Reports Fisker Investigating Latest Karma Fire in California, Releases First Findings

Fisker made headlines for all the wrong reasons this past weekend when one of its Karma plug-in hybrid sedans burst into flames at a parkin...

More Bad Karma for Fisker as Another Model Goes up in Flames

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-bad-karma-for-fisker-as-another.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5775428159929214898" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m61SQTbpUms/UCZxT9peZ7I/AAAAAAAIiDY/y4oOG3BGh7c/s800/Untitled-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Fisker just can't seem to get a break. Only months after the Karma was said to have been the source of a fire that broke out in a <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/officials-say-fisker-karma-was-origin.html">garage of a Texas house</a>, another example of the hybrid-electric luxury sedan went up in flames while parked outside a grocery store in Woodside, California. The details surrounding the incident are extremely thin and we still do not know the cause of the fire. <a href="http://jalopnik.com/5933859/exclusive-fisker-karma-hybrid-sets-itself-on-fire-and-burns-while-owner-gets-groceries">Jalopnik</a> reported that according to an eyewitness, the owner of <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker%20Karma">the Karma</a> went inside the grocery store and came out shortly after to discover smoke seeping out of the vehicle. The driver then called Fisker who told him to call 911. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-bad-karma-for-fisker-as-another.html#more">Read more »</a>

Accidents Fisker Fisker Karma Fisker Videos Video More Bad Karma for Fisker as Another Model Goes up in Flames

Fisker just can't seem to get a break. Only months after the Karma was said to have been the source of a fire that broke out in a garage...

Fisker Expands Previous 2012 Karma Recall Over Battery Fire Risk

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/fisker-expands-previous-2012-karma.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5750214205410499250" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Rw6a1OK7C7A/T8zdWpfl2rI/AAAAAAAHzzY/MGt1j5U1rMA/s800/Fisker-Karma-2012-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> As it turns out, Fisker's <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/12/fisker-issues-its-first-recall-on-karma.html">existing voluntary recall of 239 Karma sedans</a> in December 2011 did not cover all the affected models. Today, the California-based automaker issued a <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Recalls">supplementary recall</a> that adds to the list a further 19 cars manufactured from September 22, 2011, through January 20, 2012, ten of which have already been delivered to customers, according to Fisker. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/06/fisker-expands-previous-2012-karma.html#more">Read more »</a>

Electric Vehicles Fisker Fisker Karma Recalls Reports Fisker Expands Previous 2012 Karma Recall Over Battery Fire Risk

As it turns out, Fisker's existing voluntary recall of 239 Karma sedans in December 2011 did not cover all the affected models. Today,...

Officials Say Fisker Karma was the Origin of a Texas House Fire

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/officials-say-fisker-karma-was-origin.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5740517303300136722" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u0LNqay3aKc/T6pqEqIwHxI/AAAAAAAHk1M/cRr3Di-Rd34/s800/Fisker-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> The Fisker Karma is once again under the spotlight <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/01/fisker-says-it-has-fixed-most-karma.html">following two widely publicized incident regarding a recent recall</a> for its A123-supplied battery pack that posed a fire risk and a car that shut down only a few days after <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/fisker-says-consumer-report-karma-shut.html">Consumer Reports </a>purchased a brand new example from a dealer. This time, a Karma is under investigation for a fire that broke out in a garage and quickly spread to a house in Houston last week, fortunately, without anyone being hurt in the incident. The chief fire investigator for Fort Bend County, Texas, Robert Baker, told Autoweek magazine that the Fisker Karma started the fire. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/05/officials-say-fisker-karma-was-origin.html#more">Read more »</a>

Accidents Fisker Fisker Karma Reports Officials Say Fisker Karma was the Origin of a Texas House Fire

The Fisker Karma is once again under the spotlight following two widely publicized incident regarding a recent recall for its A123-supplied...

Fisker Says Consumer Report's Karma Shut Down to Protect Itself

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/fisker-says-consumer-report-karma-shut.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720195690581563618" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dqPoHVI3_Ds/T2I3rHbVmOI/AAAAAAAHFI0/8-LqsXtX_7E/s800/Untitled-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> You most likely remember the much talked about incident with <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/lights-out-fisker-karma-breaks-down.html">Consumer Report's Fisker Karma sedan</a> that broke down only a few days after the magazine purchased a brand new example from a dealer for $107,850 (€82,500) during routine speedometer calibration runs on the company's test track. Now, Fisker is trying to counter the bad publicity through a letter sent to customers by its newly appointed CEO and former executive at General Motors and Chrysler, Tom LaSorda. Fisker's CEO stated in the letter that the Karma shut down during the drive to protect itself from further damage. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/fisker-says-consumer-report-karma-shut.html#more">Read more »</a>

Fisker Fisker Karma Reports Fisker Says Consumer Report's Karma Shut Down to Protect Itself

You most likely remember the much talked about incident with Consumer Report's Fisker Karma sedan that broke down only a few days after...

Fisker Whistleblower Claims Karma was Rushed into the Market to Meet DOE Loan Deadlines

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/fisker-whistleblower-claims-karma-was.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719508598887391650" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gPhfThodPFc/T1_GxHZ5oaI/AAAAAAAHDjo/EE-fWVgzaP8/s800/Fisker-Karma-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> It's a time-honored adage: "there's no such thing as bad publicity". However, Henrik Fisker may beg to differ as his company's <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker%20Karma">Karma sedan</a> has been making the headlines for a variety of problems ever since its delayed launch. Now, a former <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker">Fisker</a> employee claims to know the root of the company's issues with the Karma. The unnamed whistleblower told GiGaom that as the project was behind schedule, Fisker decided to roll out the hybrid before it was actually ready in order to meet the deadlines dictated by the Department of Energy-provided US$529 million loan. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/fisker-whistleblower-claims-karma-was.html#more">Read more »</a>

Electric Vehicles Fisker Fisker Karma Hybrids Recalls Reports Fisker Whistleblower Claims Karma was Rushed into the Market to Meet DOE Loan Deadlines

It's a time-honored adage: "there's no such thing as bad publicity". However, Henrik Fisker may beg to differ as his compa...

Lights Out: Fisker Karma Breaks Down During Consumer Reports Testing [Video]

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/lights-out-fisker-karma-breaks-down.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717945089673431010" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-unqp7x1UdlQ/T1o4w5ssh-I/AAAAAAAHAcQ/o5OgObRm8FA/s800/Fisker-Karma-CR-01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Having an A-list of celebrities like <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/07/first-fisker-karma-to-be-delivered-to.html">Leonardo Di Caprio</a>, Al Gore and Justin Bieber as your clients is good for promoting your brand-new hybrid luxury sedan. On the downside, receiving an EPA consumption rating <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/10/fisker-karma-rated-at-just-52-mpge-by.html">far-far away from your own figures</a>, issuing a recall over <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/12/fisker-issues-its-first-recall-on-karma.html">a potential fire risk</a> just a couple of months after deliveries started and having your US$529 million federal loan <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/fisker-forced-to-halt-work-on-delaware.html">blocked</a> are quite serious setbacks. Now Fisker has to face another publicity disaster after the US$100,000 Karma evaluated by Consumer Reports went kaput during speed testing. We'll remind you that Consumer Reports buys its test vehicles from regular dealers. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/lights-out-fisker-karma-breaks-down.html#more">Read more »</a>

Electric Vehicles Fisker Fisker Karma Fisker Videos Hybrids Reports Video Lights Out: Fisker Karma Breaks Down During Consumer Reports Testing [Video]

Having an A-list of celebrities like Leonardo Di Caprio , Al Gore and Justin Bieber as your clients is good for promoting your brand-new hyb...

Fisker Appoints Ex-Chrysler Executive Tom LaSorda as its New CEO

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/fisker-appoints-ex-chrysler-executive.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714286272735692466" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BIZvCed1pLM/T005FudNRrI/AAAAAAAG0s8/OJSmqsuqZT8/s800/Fisker-LaSorda-2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; Border: 1px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> In a move that most likely has to do with the company's recent troubles including problems with the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/01/fisker-says-it-has-fixed-most-karma.html">Karma's batteries</a> and news that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/fisker-forced-to-halt-work-on-delaware.html">froze a $528 million federal loan</a>, Fisker announced today that it has named former Chrysler Chief Executive Tom LaSorda as its new Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Henrik Fisker, the company's co-founder and the original CEO, was appointed executive chairman. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/fisker-appoints-ex-chrysler-executive.html#more">Read more »</a>

Fisker Fisker Karma Reports Fisker Appoints Ex-Chrysler Executive Tom LaSorda as its New CEO

In a move that most likely has to do with the company's recent troubles including problems with the Karma's batteries and news that...

Fisker Forced to Halt Work on Delaware Factory After U.S. Blocks Loan

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/fisker-forced-to-halt-work-on-delaware.html"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706924584773581586" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdXFxSJ_yUQ/TzMRrFtfexI/AAAAAAAGqSc/M6XSJtVzVps/s800/Fisker-Karma-Production-0.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 645px; height: 349px;"></a> Making yet another pun with <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker">Fisker</a> and its Karma is easy. After all, the California based carmaker has faced <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/12/fisker-issues-its-first-recall-on-karma.html&sa=U&ei=mZ8xT4ewNYTs-gajw93EBQ&ved=0CAgQFjAC&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNH959lc5eJa038wZuDkNesnD15zGw">several problems</a> with its extended-range hybrid luxury sedan over the past couple of years. However, its latest issue is quite serious. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has frozen Fisker’s access to the federal loan it was awarded for engineering of the <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Fisker%20Karma">Karma</a> (US$169 million) and production of <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/10/fisker-says-karma-will-reach-its-2011.html">the midsize Nina sedan</a> (US$359 million), which will be priced much lower than the $100K Karma. <a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/fisker-forced-to-halt-work-on-delaware.html#more">Read more »</a>

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