Fisker News

It's been anything but a smooth ride for Anaheim California-based Fisker Automotive, manufacturer of luxury plug-in electric vehicles. Since its inception in 2007, Fisker has battled delays, rescheduled launches, and a horde of questions about the company's financial stability. In the latest round of bad news for Fisker, the National ...    Read more

When we got our first look at the Fisker Atlantic ahead of this year's New York International Auto Show, we were stoked to see a stylish car from the automaker that would be more accessible than its more than $100,000 Fisker Karma. In fact, early word had it the Atlantic ...    Read more

Not even a week ago, automakers from all over the globe agreed to a new standard for electric vehicle charging, called the Combined Charging System, or CCS. Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, and Porsche have been lobbying for the use of single-pug system (a.k.a. CCS) ...    Read more

Could you have guessed we're but seven months from a presidential election? Because, if you couldn't, there's plenty of political ninny fighting and bickering going on every day in Congress to remind you. The latest comes from Republican senators Charles Grassley (Iowa) and John Thune (South Dakota), who both asked Energy ...    Read more

The first day of the 2012 New York Auto Show has passed us by, ushering in new family sedans, exotic supercars, and everything in between. In case you missed it, here's what debuted today (and late last night). And for more details on the new cars that met the world ...    Read more

The Fisker Atlantic debuted last night in Big Apple ahead of the 2012 New York Auto Show, carrying with it the promise that it might be the first car the green automaker will produce en masse in the U.S. That promise might've been something of a white lie, though. "The ...    Read more

At long last, the Fisker Atlantic has made its official debut before the start of the 2012 New York Auto Show. Promising to bring concept car-like styling, new plug-in hybrid technology, and coachbuilt touches to the well-to-do masses, the Atlantic is intended to be Fisker's first foray into the world ...    Read more

Perhaps you were wondering what greenie-posturing celebrities would be driving next after their fleets of Toyota Prius, Tesla Roadster, and diesel Mercedes-Benz products ran out. The answer will likely be the Fisker Atlantic. The hybrid sports sedan, formerly known as the Fisker "Nina," dropped cover over the weekend ahead of its ...    Read more

One week to go before the official media preview days begin for the 2012 New York International Auto Show, but already the curtain is being pulled back further and further. Today, we're showing you five new vehicles from BMW, Fisker, Ford, GMC and Toyota. In addition, all we could ever ...    Read more

Fisker Automotive, the startup responsible for the plug-in Fisker Karma sports sedan, is launching an all-out quality control melee to satisfy customers following a report that Consumer Reports' purchased test car stopped working with just 200 miles on the odometer. The automaker announced it would be upgrading its VIP Customer ...    Read more

Suddenly it's the weekend and you've been so busy you've barely been able to get on to Automotive.com to get your daily fix of all that's happening in the world of autos. If you want to chalk this one up to being thrown off with the new time change, adjusting ...    Read more

The electric car has gotten a bad rap recently. Witness the furor over the Chevrolet Volt, which was evidently slated to be the next Ford Pinto. (Admittingly, the jokes were cheap and fun.) The Fisker Karma, the super-slinky, salacious supercar, is the new standard in ultra-luxury unreliability! And ...    Read more

Fisker Automotive has released a few squiggly lines depicting the general shape of its second model, to debut before the New York Auto Show: the midsize Fisker Nina. The automaker didn't give us much information about its upcoming car. In fact, all we received was a one-sentence press release saying "Fisker ...    Read more

Pininfarina's teased us enough, but here it is, finally: the 2012 Cambiano concept gets completely exposed, ahead of its debut in the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. And for all the mystique and allure that rare, expensive, coachbuilt Italian cars hold, what's underneath comes from more proletarian means. ...    Read more

The past few years has seen major shakeups in the automotive industry, and it shows in a recent survey on brand perception conducted by Consumer Reports. Once dominant players Toyota, Honda, Ford, and Chevrolet remain on top, but each automaker has seen its points gap decrease compared to last year. ...    Read more

In the on-again, off-again world of simultaneously praising and bashing electric vehicles, recent punching bag Fisker—which builds the supremely awesome and occasionally troubled Karma EV sedan—recalled 239 Karma EV's in the first week of January for a faulty battery. Only, it wasn't a recall, and it wasn't the battery. According to ...    Read more

As more auto makers begin importing diesel variations of models already stateside, some buyers have begun questioning the importance of electric vehicles. But don't count IBM among those who disregard electric vehicles. In fact, the tech giant is in the process of developing a lithium-air battery capable of achieving 500 ...    Read more

Ford, being the only company that didn’t get the much-publicized bailout back in 2008, had the envious position of bragging about its financial stability to its Detroit rivals. But this time it’s Ford, not GM or Chrysler, that has been receiving loans from the US government in order to upgrade ...    Read more

Dear Leonardo DiCaprio and Colin Powell, Fisker is recalling the Karma EV built between July and November 2011 for a potential coolant leak. Due to incorrectly placed hose clamps in the battery compartment, the battery compartment cover might come loose, potentially causing the coolant hoses to leak into the battery compartment. Should ...    Read more

Along with the cost of entry into new-fangled electric cars like the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt, there's the additional price of an in-home wall-mounted quick charger system that speeds up the process of adding electrons back into the batteries. They generally cost around $2000, including buying the charger and ...    Read more

In 2011, Automotive.com’s staff size increased 600 percent. We started our own revitalization, staking out where we were and where we are yet to go. To close out the year, we put together our picks for the high and low points that made up the automotive year that was 2011. From ...    Read more

After the 2012 Fisker Karma received an underwhelming result from the EPA’s fuel economy certification process, Fisker happily reported that the Europeans weren’t so harsh with their final figures. Rated by the Technischer Ueberwachsung Verein (Technical Inspection Association in English, or TUV), a privately-held independent testing agency, the Karma achieved 112 ...    Read more

Yes, it's true. Nintendo and West Coast Customs have built an electric vehicle: Two EV's, in fact, and unveiled them today at the Los Angeles Auto Show. While speculation for the past few weeks centered on Nintendo's first-ever foray into the auto show circuit, the unveiling today had little to do ...    Read more

After wishing upon a star, Fisker finally received its U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy certification for its Karma sedan, allowing the brand to officially sell its slinky sports sedan. And it’s already had a taker, too! Always letting its conscience be its guide, the EPA certified the plug-in Fisker Karma ...    Read more

Fisker, the Southern California based automaker attempting to bring some panache to the electric autosphere, is reported to be planning an SUV/crossover. The new addition is currently code named "Project Nina." The automaker is best known for the Karma, and recently debuted the Surf concept at the Frankfurt Auto ...    Read more