EnerDel officially commissioned America’s first commercial-scale production plant for lithium-ion automotive battery packs in Indiana. EnerDel (a subsidiary of Ener1) makes the batteries in the Think City, but has now signed an agreement with Fisker Auto (makers of the Karma).
Read More: New Indiana Plant to Make Lithium-Ion Battery Packs Commissioned
Here’s a great video (despite the music) showing the Fisker Karma being put through some paces on the track.
Read More: Video: Drive It Like You Stole It! Fisker Karma on the Track
FEV proposed the Wankel Rotary Engine as a range-extender solution at this year’s SAE conference. The issues of repeated starting and engine vibration are becoming paramount in plug-in hybrid maker’s minds. Efficiency, quiet operation, and the ability to stand up to repeated starting are important to the overall comfort and long-term operation of a PHEV.
Read More: FEV Proposes Wankel Rotary Engine as a Range Extender
Two venture capital investors have stepped up for the next round of capital to get Fisker to production level. One is Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, who’ve been with Fisker Automotive since the beginning, and the other is Eco-Drive (Capital) Partners in New York.
Read More: Fisker Brings In Another $85M in Venture Capital for Karma
Fisker Automotive announced their first wave of selected retailers to carry the Fisker brand (and the new Karma). The list contains 32 retailers across the United States, which comes very close to Fisker’s announced goal of 40 by June this year.
Read More: Fisker Selects First Wave of North American Retailers
Keeping things on the continent, Fisker Automotive has signed a battery deal with Vancouver-based Advanced Lithium Power, Inc. The deal has two aspects: thousands of lithium-ion batteries for the Karma and a sizeable cash stake in the Canadian company.
Fisker Automotive, whose Karma will be hitting the streets this fall, has announced a successful fundraising round of $3 million. The money will go towards purchasing partial ownership stock in an unnamed battery company, presumably to give Fisker more control over its supply chain.
Fisker has announced that they are now taking pre-orders on the Karma-S hard-top convertible, due to hit the streets in 2011 and debuting in street-ready prototype form at the Detroit Auto Show next January (2009).
Fisker televised its new ad for the Karma during the Oscars. The ad features Henrik Fisker himself talking about the car as well as shots of the car in action. The ad focuses on the car’s style and looks and uses the term “eco chic” to describe it. To steal a phrase from Paris Hilton… “That’s hot.”
Read More: Fisker Karma Debuts New Television Ad During Oscars
Here’s a great video of Henrik Fisker, creator of the Fisker Karma, talking about the Karma and his company’s plans. The video was shot at the NAIAS Detroit Auto show the day that Fisker unveiled the Karma-S, their new convertible model.
Read More: VIDEO: Henrik Fisker Talks About the Karma
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