Mexican Media Brands
Fisker Aims to Relaunch Karma Hybrid Next Year
The Chinese owner of bankrupt Fisker Automotive Inc. intends to resume production of the company's Karma hybrid sedan in mid-2015 but perhaps under a new brand name, The Detroit News reports.
#hybrid
Share
The Chinese owner of bankrupt Fisker Automotive Inc. intends to resume production of the company's Karma hybrid sedan in mid-2015 but perhaps under a new brand name, The Detroit News reports.
Fisker's assets were acquired in March by Chicago-based Wanxiang America Corp. for $150 million. The company has pledged to relaunch Karma production through Finland's Valmet Automotive, the car's original assembler, once it overcomes flaws in the original car that prompted three recalls.
Fisker interim President Roger Brown tells the News that Wanxiang hopes to follow the reborn Karma with a wagon variant called the Surf in 2016 and a lower-cost sedan called Atlantic in 2017. But he says they may not retain the Fisker brand.
Brown adds that Fisker's staff of 25 is temporarily headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif. The company aims to install a new CEO within 90 days.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Startup Readies Solar-Powered EV
Germany’s Sono Motors GmbH says it has received 5,000 orders for its upcoming Sion electric car, which can be partially recharged by it attached solar panels.
-
Chevy Develops eCOPO Camaro: The Fast and the Electric
The notion that electric vehicles were the sort of thing that well-meaning professors who wear tweed jackets with elbow patches drove in order to help save the environment was pretty much annihilated when Tesla added the Ludicrous+ mode to the Model S which propelled the vehicle from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds.
-
Engineering the 2019 Jeep Cherokee
The Jeep Cherokee, which was launched in its current manifestation as a model year 2014 vehicle, and which has just undergone a major refresh for MY 2019, is nothing if not a solid success.