In the case of the Fisker Karma, we get a true MPGe of 19.
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Poor sales have dogged the electric Ford Focus, Chevy Volt and Fisker Karma as well.
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These join the luxury-oriented limited-production Tesla Model S all-electric and Fisker Karma extended-range electric sedans.
Anyway, I took a Fisker Karma out to Montauk one Friday morning for four days of rejuvenation.
In August, a Fisker Karma vehicle caught fire in a parking lot in California, thanks to a defective cooling fan.
So some people might be surprised at my latest venture: retrofitting the plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma with a powerful internal combustion engine.
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The Fisker Karma is sophisticated, too perhaps more so, because its range-extended EV powertrain is more complex than a simple electric car.
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It will be interesting to see how The Green Book does with such future cars as the plug-in hybrid Toyota Prius and the Fisker Karma.
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Musk was recalling events leading up to a 2008 lawsuit in which Tesla accused Fisker of pilfering its hybrid technology to build the Fisker Karma.
Over the weekend, high end U.S. electric sports car maker Fisker Karma said it was laying off 75% of its workforce now that the government has cut subsidies to the California company.
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You can be provocative in a wildcat electric Fisker Karma or stay silky and classy in in the Porsche 911 or you can go for carbon fiber cool in an Audi S7.
California-based Fisker Automotive recently established a European office in Munich, Germany and has publicly stated that both the Fisker Karma Sedan and 'Project Nina' lines are global vehicles with sales likely to be split equally in the US and Europe (40% each), with Asia (20%) providing the remainder.
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The Fisker Karma also made an appearance at My Yacht Monaco along with actress Michelle Rodriguez, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, Michael Saylor, Prince Mishaal, Princess Dona, Paddy Byng, CEO of Asprey, Bob Horner, SVP of Bombardier Jets, Darell Aviss, President of Swiss Trust, and Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Albert II, Superyachts.com reports.
Unfortunately for Fisker, the Karma was plagued with quality issues from the start, mostly due to battery problems from its supplier, A123 Systems.
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Fisker's Karma series-hybrid electric vehicle hasn't exactly been receiving a lot of great press lately, but the company didn't let the process of swapping out 640 battery packs dampen the launch of that car's smaller sibling, the Atlantic.
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With the blessing of founder and Karma-designer Henryk Fisker, the tiny VL team set about converting several extended-range electric Karmas to gasoline-only propulsion.
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It has now been revealed that Fisker never really intended to build the Karma in Delaware, but rather, had always planned to eventually build a different gas-electric family car there called Atlantic.
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Another start-up, Fisker Automotive, will debut with the sexy Karma, a plug-in hybrid sports car, then launch a sedan of its own.
"With receipt of EPA certification in hand, we have achieved a major milestone by recording the first sales of our groundbreaking Karma sedan, " said Henrik Fisker, CEO and co-founder of Fisker Automotive.
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Fisker Automotive can't seem to catch break -- because its Karma hybrid EV sedan has yet again become too hot.
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Fisker Automotive, the makers of a high performance electric hybrid called the Karma, has hired bankruptcy advisers and is seeking a buyer.
Founder Henrik Fisker is kicking off a 10-city marketing tour this week to promote the Karma and meet with dealers and potential customers.
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You'll find a video of the Karma in flames being quelled by firefighters after the break, along with the official statement by Fisker given to Autopia.
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