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Henrik Fisker Back in the EV Game, Announces Breakthrough Battery Tech

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:09:45 +0000

If you remember a few years ago, there was a car company named Fisker. They made an electric hybrid sportscar, called Karma. But the karma of the Karma wasn’t so positive, and after the New York floods caused by hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Fisker went bankrupt and got sold to a Chinese company. Now, unable […]

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Fisker Automotive Loan to be Auctioned – DOE Mostly Likely Will Lose

Benji Jerew — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:18:21 +0000

I’m sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, but the chips just didn’t fall right for Fisker Automotive. Fisker’s defaulted loan is now up for auction. In the beginning, Fisker Automotive had been awarded $529 million in guaranteed loans, from DOE’s [Department of Energy] Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, about four years […]

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Henrik Fisker Wants to Recover Fisker Automotive

Benji Jerew — Tue, 28 May 2013 17:16:04 +0000

Fisker Automotive has been suffering of late, after a string of unfortunately occurrences, perhaps some poor decision-making by executives, and the exit of co-founder Henrik Fisker in February. Henrik Fisker, famous for his designs at Audi and BMW and co-founder of Fisker Automotive, didn’t leave because he’d decided his vision was clouded. When you open […]

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