On Sunday Fisker aired a first 60-second commercial during the Academy Awards gala on Los Angeles television station KTLA.
Featuring the proprietary Q-Drive powertrain, the Fisker Karma S Concept will have an all-electric range of 50 miles (80km). After 50 miles, the gasoline engine turns a generator to charge the lithium ion battery.
Fisker Automotive today announced that its first production car, the Fisker Karma, will be showcased at the 2009 North American International Auto Show.
With only minor design enhancements made to the exterior of the vehicle, the production Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid retains the extreme proportions and beautiful sculpture of the January 2008 Karma show car.
With a base price of $87,900 (USD), the Fisker Karma is scheduled to begin delivery in November 2009.
Fisker Automotive isn’t wasting any time getting its Karma plug-in hybrid on the road. Five months after pulling the wraps off the car at the Detroit auto show, it’s flogging a test mule in Southern California.
In many cases, the production version of a concept loses the finesse which created the buzz in the first place, but this prototype appears to have kept an almost identical design with the black and white disguising doing little to hide any design elements from public view.
Yesterday Tesla Motors announced limited edition for Europe. Now Fisker has confirmed Karma for Europe.
The Fisker Karma is a four seater plug-in hybrid premium sports sedan and stunned many Americans at the 2008 NAIAS as well as Europeans at Geneva.
There are no official performance specifications green sports sedan available yet, but Fisker Automotive have claimed a sub 6 second 0-100 km/h time, 200 km/h top speed and max torque available from stand still.
Fisker Karma to produce engine sound via speakers!
The problem with all-electric vehicles and hybrids is that they are very quiet. At least it seems to be the problem for Fisker. Driving a sports car without any sound would definetely seem weird.
Imagine taking your 911 GT3 to the track and driving around with no sound. With some cars the sound is part of driving.
