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May 23, 2013

Henrik Fisker leaves his eponymous company

Photo of Henrik Fisker and Fisker Atlantic

Henrik Fisker, co-founder of Fisker Automotive, has resigned from the company as Fisker seeks funding to move forward. Starting a new company, any company, is fraught with problems. And trying to persuade a sceptical world that an unknown car company is building a new super saloon that costs as much as an S Class and [...]

Fisker about to be bought by Volvo’s Chinese owner Geely?

Photo Fisker Atlantic

It’s reported that China’s Geely – which bought Volvo from Ford – is about to take a majority stake in Fisker Automotive. Henrik Fisker is a smart man, and he’s convinced the world that the electric Fisker Karma is a viable luxury range extender EV. But Fisker has run in to big problems when its [...]

Fisker Karma recalled over fire risk

Photo of Fisker Karma

The Fisker Karma range-extender EV is being recalled over a fire risk from a faulty cooling fan. We’re not sure how many Fisker Karmas there are in the UK (well, there should be at least one), but so far it appears that there are a surprising 1,900 in the wild. Now those 1,900 (or 2,400 if you count all [...]

Fisker Atlantic officially revealed +video

Fisker Atlantic official

The Fisker Atlantic – a smaller range extender car from Fisker – has been officially revealed on the eve of the New York Auto Show. We had the leaked photos of the new Fisker Atlantic a few days ago – a car we’d known as ‘Project Nina until now – but now we have the real deal from [...]

Fisker Atlantic: Project Nina arrives early UPDATED

Fisker Atlantic

Fisker Atlantic is the baby Karma – know as Project Nina – and we have the first leaked photo ahead of a New York Motor Show debut. Update: We’ve now got official photos of the Fisker Atlantic in the gallery below. We now know that the baby Fisker Karma we’ve known until now as ‘Project [...]

Fisker ‘Project Nina’ to debut at New York Auto Show

Fisker 'Project Nina'

The ‘Project Nina’ from Fisker – a smaller take on the Karma – will debut at the New York Motor Show in April. It’s taken a very long time for Henrik Fisker to get the Karma out to the public, and even then it looks like it still wasn’t really ready to go, with reports [...]

Top Gear tonight: Mobility Scooters, Ferrari FF, Continental V8 & Michael Fassbender SIARPC

Jeremy Clarkson on a mobility scooter in a field

Top Gear tonight has Mobility Scooters, Ferrari FF, Bentley Continental V8, Fisker Karma, Brian Johnson and Michael Fassbender is SIARPC. We’re at episode 4 of Series 18 of Top Gear already – which means we’re more than halfway through. And so far so good – it’s been above par Top Gear all the way. Tonight’s featured [...]

Fisker Karma looks set to cost £100k in the UK

Fisker Karma Price

Despite indications that the Fisker Karma would cost between £70-80k in the UK, it now looks like that will be £100k plus. We have to congratulate Henrik Fisker on getting Fisker Karma to market – it’s an immense achievement. But is the Fisker Karma pricing itself out of the market? We thought that Fisker were planning on [...]

Fisker Karma does 62mpg. Or 24mpg. Officially.

Fisker Karma Economy Figures

The Fisker Karma finally has some official MPG figures in the US from the EPA and can now go on sale. It does 52mpg (US) or 20mpg (US) depending on use. Yes, you read that right. The Fisker Karma now has official economy figures from the EPA in America so it can go on sale [...]

First Fisker Karma in the UK auctioned for £140k

Fisker Karma

The very first Fisker Karma in the UK has raised £140,000 in an auction to benefit Pratham UK, a charity providing education for children in India. The extended range Fisker Karma arrived at last year’s Paris motor show, and now the very first Karma to arrive in the UK has been auctioned in aid of charity and raised [...]