Plug-in hybrid

By rss@youtube.com (GenerationAutomobile) None Author: GenerationAutomobile Keywords: 2009 New York international auto show Henrik Fisker plug-in hybrid technologies cars Karma electric Génération Automobile Added: April 14, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (greenfuelsforecast) Henrik Fisker talks to Green Fuels Forecast about the Karma. Karma is a plug-in hybrid sports sedan with a 50 mile electric range Author: greenfuelsforecast Keywords: fisker karma henrik fisker green fuels forecast greenfuelsforecast phev plug-in hybrid naias detroit auto show

Fisker Automotive announced that it has picked a large distributor to sell its plug-in hybrid vehicles in Europe and is also looking for a similar deal in China. CEO Henrik Fisker said that the company will announce the name of the distributor group as early as Wednesday. It is reported ...

By Mike Millikin Fisker Automotive has selected the GM Wilmington Assembly plant in Wilmington, Delaware for production for Project NINA, the development and build of a family-oriented plug-in hybrid sedan costing about $39,900 after federal tax credits. (Earlier post.) Fisker Automotive has signe...

By U.S. News Rankings & Reviews Over the next few years, we expect to begin seeing some unfamiliar hood ornaments in the rear-view mirror.  One of the start-up companies vying to become the future of the American automotive industry just took a big step toward viability.  Edmunds Inside Line report...

By Mike Millikin Fisker Automotive has selected the GM Wilmington Assembly plant in Wilmington, Delaware for production for Project NINA, the development and build of a family-oriented plug-in hybrid sedan costing about $39,900 after federal tax credits. (Earlier post.) Fisker Automotive has signe...

By Andrew Ganz Fisker Automotive and General Motors have confirmed yesterday’s reports that the California start-up will acquire the Detroit automaker’s Wilmington, Delaware, assembly plant. Fisker, which will pay $18 million for the plant, plans to build a $39,900 plug-in hybrid sedan called Pr...

By Ray Wert Fisker Automotive is a privately owned, premium American car company with a vision to lead the automotive industry into the next-generation of automobiles with high-end design expertise and eco-friendly powertrain technology. Global headquarters are in Irvine, California, USA.

By Andrew Ganz United States Vice President Joe Biden will reportedly make an announcement from his home state of Delaware tomorrow that General Motors’ Wilmington Assembly Plant, which until recently built the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice, will be acquired by Fisker for the production of a plug...

According to reports, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit a closed General Motors plant in his home-state of Delaware where he will announce the reopening of the closed GM Plant in Wilmington that will now produce plug-in hybrid electric-vehicles for Fisker Automotive. CE...

By Mike Millikin In 2008 Quantum introduced a gasoline plug-in-hybrid electric drive—Q-Drive—in the Fisker KARMA 4-door sports sedan. (Earlier post.) Fisker Automotive, co-founded in 2007 by Quantum and Henrik Fisker, was recently selected by the US Department of Energy for a low interest loan of $52...

Fisker Automotive said that in two weeks it plans to announce which plant in North America will assemble a new mid-size plug-in hybrid sedan in 2012. CEO Henrik Fisker said today that the plant has been chosen but the purchase has not yet been completed. Sources told The Delaware News Journa...

By Dahcredyns(noreply@blogger.com) According to Silicon Valley, Detroit is already dead, they just don't know it yet. Eventually, some of the world's biggest venture capitalists believe companies like Fisker Automotive will replace iconic names like GM and Chrysler.

By Drew Johnson Fisker Automotive – maker of the Karma plug-in hybrid – announced on Tuesday that it has come to terms with the United States Department of Energy for a $528.7 million loan. The loan – part of the Department of Energy’s $25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program – will b...

Fisker Automotive announced today that it has received a $528 million conditional loan from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop two plug-in hybrid vehicles. About $169 million of the $528 million will allow the company to produce its Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sedan. While assembly...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) Fisker Automotive has been approved to receive $528 million in low-interest loans from the Dept of Energy (DOE) as part of the $25 billion dolloar loan program set up by the federal government. 169.3 million will be used to finish development and production of the plug-in hybrid sedan Karm...

By Mike(noreply@blogger.com) And finally, focus in on fuel efficiency at a practical size.  The Toyota Prius wasn't the most fuel efficient vehicle.  Nor was it the most luxurious hybrid.  Nor was it the largest hybrid.  No, it's just the most fuel efficient hybrid at just the right size.   That's why the Prius has beat out al...

By Mike Millikin 10 are extended range electric vehicles—Toyota’s concept Prius PHEV is the only non-series hybrid plug-in.9 (82%) are production prototypes or concepts; only the Fisker Karma and Karma-S are in production or near production. Of the EVs, 13 (42%) are in production or near production.

In making its announcement earlier this month that it will introduce a plug-in hybrid in Europe, Volvo joins other large automakers in plans for the alternative vehicles. Companies including Fisker, GM, and Toyota have said that they will begin selling ...

 NY Tesla's biggest rival in the electric-car business is Fisker Automotive, based in Irvine, Calif. The company plans to launch a plug-in hybrid sedan early next year at a starting price of $87900. InformationWeek has published an in-depth report on the ...

 CA While Fisker aims to produce affordable cars for the mass market if DOE loans come through, it is starting out with a high-end performance vehicle, the $87900 plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma. Now Kleiner Perkins partner Trae Vassallo says that the firm has ...

 NY The company says it has won 15 battery contracts to date, but the only one identified is Fisker Automotive, a California start-up that plans to launch its first plug-in hybrid sports sedan in November. "This is a brand new industry," said Charles ...

Its competition in the nascent luxury green vehicle market will be the $109000 two-seat all-electric Tesla Roadster; the $87000 four-door Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid (not yet out); and the $104000 Lexus LS 600h L—a V8 hybrid averaging 21 miles to the ...

By Chuck Squatriglia Another piece of the puzzle has fallen into place at Fisker Automotive, which says it will put a turbocharged GM engine under hood of the $80,000 Karma plug-in hybrid slated for production next year. The announcement that General Motors will... Photos by Fisker Automotive.

By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) Most plug-in hybrids are rated according to how many miles they can drive on electric power without using the gas engine. Some future models, such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Fisker Karma, can drive up to 40 miles (according to the manufacturers) without ever using the gas engine. Chrysle...