Fisker has joined the promise of long range, high density, quick charge solid state batteries for electric cars with patents filed for their new technology. Although many have their doubts, we do seem to be moving towards the next step in battery technology, with solid state batteries not too far on the horizon. Toyota has plans […]
Henrik Fisker wants to buy back Fisker
[nggallery id=1015 template=customlinks] Henrik Fisker has teamed up with Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li to try and save the Fisker Car Company from bankruptcy. The resignation of Henrik Fisker in March from the eponymous company he worked so hard to build in to a credible ‘Green’ car company precipitated the meltdown of Fisker, which now […]
Henrik Fisker leaves his eponymous company
Henrik Fisker, co-founder of Fisker Automotive, has resigned from the company as Fisker seeks funding to move forward. [nggallery id=1015 template=customlinks] 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 […]
Fisker about to be bought by Volvo’s Chinese owner Geely?
It’s reported that China’s Geely – which bought Volvo from Ford – is about to take a majority stake in Fisker Automotive. [nggallery id=1015 template=customlinks] 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 […]
Fisker Karma recalled over fire risk
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
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 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
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
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
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 […]