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Home Posts tagged "Fisker Karma"

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Why is Fisker dying when Tesla is soaring? Focus on style and not enough on reliability?

April 17, 2013 April 13, 2015

Why is Fisker Automotive on the brink of collapse?  (reportedly)  The news is full of stories today saying that Fisker Automotive is unable to pay its bills, has laid off 75% of its workforce, is being sued by the landlord and the webmaster for lack of payment, that the negotiations…

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Fisker determines cause of Karma fires following Hurricane Sandy flooding

November 5, 2012 January 23, 2016
Fisker Karma

Last week 16 Fisker Karma’s caught fire and burned after being submerged under Hurricane Sandy flood waters while waiting in an automobile processing yard in Newark NJ, and the main battery pack was ruled out as the cause of the fire. Last week in the middle the Hurricane Sandy turmoil,…

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Fisker Karma’s caught fire and burned after being flooded by Hurricane Sandy

October 31, 2012 January 23, 2016
Fisker Karma

The Fisker Karma has had a fiery year with a couple car fires, and now in the wake of Hurricane Sandy 16 Karma’s in a holding area in Port Newark NJ caught fire and burned. Hurricane Sandy has been wreaking havoc in New Jersey, New York and elsewhere, as the…

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Fisker releases business update showing the company isn’t in death throes

May 29, 2012 June 23, 2019
Fisker Karma

To hear some pundits say it, Fisker Automotive is in death throes because the Dept of Energy froze the loans, and the company laid off some workers, instead the company’s inaugural business update paints the picture of a company successfully selling the Karma and raising investment dollars to launch production…

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Did Fisker deliver Karma before it was ready, for DoE loan?

March 13, 2012 April 12, 2015
Fisker Karma

Last week Consumer Reports posted a brief report that the Fisker Karma, a plug-in hybrid luxury sedan, that CR had bought for testing had died, and was towed back to the dealer for servicing. This prompted a flurry of coverage, some of it over-hyped negativity, and I posted a piece…

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Fisker’s Karma breaks during testing by Consumer Reports

March 10, 2012 April 12, 2015
Fisker Karma

This weeks news that a Fisker Karma, purchased by Consumer Reports for testing, broke down, piling yet another piece of bad-looking news on the back of Fisker Automotive. Fisker Automotive is learning it’s painful when your Karma breaks down. That’s the lesson this week after Consumer Reports went public with…

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Is Fisker Automotive’s troubles the failure of “instant automaker, just add water”?

February 8, 2012 March 31, 2015

Yesterday news broke that Fisker Automotive reportedly lays off workers in wake of missing DoE loan milestones, namely that the Department of Energy has frozen the loan program for Fisker Automotive because Fisker has failed to meet the business development required milestones.  Because of the frozen loan program, Fisker laid…

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