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Fisker may refer to: People * Fisker (surname), including a list of people with that name * Henrik Fisker, a Danish-born car designer and businessman based in Los Angeles, California, US Companies * Fisker Coachbuild (founded 2005), a car design firm based in Orange County, California, US ** Fisker Automotive (2007–2014), a car company, based in Irvine, California, US, formed from a merger of Fisker Coachbuild and Quantum Technologies *** Karma Automotive (founded 2014), a Chinese owned car company based in Irvine, California, US, formed from the assets of Fisker Automotive * Fisker Inc. (founded 2016), a car company, based in Los Angeles, California, US, founded by Henrik Fisker Other uses * Fisker Karma (production 2011-2012), a luxury plug-in hybrid sports sedan produced by Fisker Automotive See also * * * Benetti Fisker 50, the "Fisker 50", a superyacht designed by Henrik Fisker and built by Benetti * VLF Automotive VLF Automotive is a small American-based automotive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisker (surname)
Fisker is a Scandinavian surname meaning 'fisher' (fisherman), in Danish and Norwegian. Its English cognate is the surname ''Fisher''. People Persons with the surname Fisker include: * Henrik Fisker (born 1963), automobile designer and executive chairman of Fisker Automotive * Henrik Fisker (admiral) (1720–1797), Danish admiral * Kasper Fisker (born 1988), Danish soccer player * Kay Fisker (1893–1965), Danish architect * Knud Erik Fisker (born 1960), Danish soccer referee * Lorentz Fisker (1753–1819), Danish military officer and oceanographer/geographer * (1684–1757), (county officer) for Nysted and (county officer) for København * (1731–1779), county officer for Christiansand og Agdesidens * Maria Fisker (born 1990), Danish handball player * Peder Andersen Fisker, builder of the Danish motorcycle Nimbus in partnership with H. M. Nielsen * Sisse Fisker Sisse Fisker (born 8 August 1976) is a Danish television presenter. From January 2007 to December 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Fisker
Henrik Fisker (born 10 August 1963) is a Danish automotive designer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California, US. He is best known as the founder of Fisker Automotive and Fisker Inc, and as a designer of luxury cars. After working at BMW, Ford, and Aston Martin, Fisker founded Fisker Automotive in 2007. The company failed to meet production deadlines despite significant federal and private investment. Fisker resigned in 2013. ''The New York Times'' described the company as the " Solyndra of the electric car industry" and a "debacle". He then became the CEO of Fisker Inc., which he co-founded with his wife in 2016; the company filed for bankruptcy in 2024. Early life and education Fisker was born in Allerød, Denmark. As a young boy he became interested in cars after seeing a Maserati Bora on the highway, and soon started sketching designs in notebooks.Joann Muller"The Next Detroit,"''Forbes'', 21 May 2009. He graduated with a degree in transportation design from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisker Automotive
Fisker Automotive was an American automobile company. It produced the Fisker Karma, which was one of the world's first production luxury plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2007 by Henrik Fisker, a Danish automobile designer. The company received significant private and public investment, including a $529 million loan from the federal government. The company raised over $1 billion from private investors such as the Kleiner Perkins venture capital firm. However, it repeatedly missed production deadlines, and production of the Fisker Karma was suspended in November 2012 with about 2,450 Karmas built since 2011 and just over 2,000 cars sold worldwide. The ''New York Times'' described the company as the " Solyndra of the electric car industry" and a "debacle". The company's federal loan was suspended in 2011; the government recovered some of the invested funds, but nevertheless took a $139 million loss. In February 2014, Fisker Automotive's Karma vehicl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karma Automotive
Karma Automotive is a privately owned American luxury electric vehicle company founded in 2014. Headquartered in Irvine, California with an assembly plant located in Moreno Valley, Karma sells vehicles via its dealer network of locations in North America, Europe, South America, and the Middle East. History In February 2014, Chinese auto-parts supplier Wanxiang Group purchased assets of Fisker Automotive for $149.2 million in a bankruptcy auction. These assets included designs, a plug-in hybrid powertrain, and the former Wilmington Assembly factory in Wilmington, Delaware.Charles Fleming"Karma comes around again: California's newest car factory aims to rival Tesla,"''Los Angeles Times'', June 17, 2016.Jim Gorzelany"Specialty Carmaker Fisker Reborn As Karma Automotive,"''Forbes'', September 30, 2015. Fisker Automotive was founded in 2007 by Henrik Fisker and his business partner Bernhard Koehler. Its Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sports sedan debuted in 2011, and about 2,000 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisker Inc
Fisker Inc. was an American automotive company founded by Danish automotive designer Henrik Fisker and his wife Geeta Gupta-Fisker. Launched in 2016 and based in Manhattan Beach, California, Fisker Inc. was the successor to Fisker Automotive. In the summer of 2020, Fisker Inc. announced an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange through a merger with Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp, a SPAC backed by private equity firm Apollo Global Management. The company completed the reverse merger that autumn. Fisker Inc. developed the Fisker Ocean, an electric sport utility vehicle (SUV), which was released in 2023. In early 2024, the company experienced intense financial difficulties, and its shares were delisted from the NYSE. Fisker defaulted on a short-term loan according to filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and stated there was "substantial doubt" about being able to sustain ongoing operations. It subsequently laid off most of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisker Karma
The Fisker Karma is a luxury vehicle, luxury plug-in Range extender (vehicle), range-extended electric sports sedan produced by Fisker Automotive between 2011 and 2012. The cars were manufactured at Valmet Automotive in Finland. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated the Karma's combined city/highway fuel economy in automobiles, fuel economy at miles per gallon gasoline equivalent, equivalent (MPG-e) in Charge-depleting, all-electric mode, and at in gasoline-only mode. EPA's official all-electric range is . Due to the very small cabin interior volume, the EPA rated the Fisker Karma as a subcompact car. The first deliveries took place in the U.S. in late July 2011, and deliveries to retail customers began in November 2011. Pricing in the U.S. started at for the base model (EcoStandard), US$110,000 for the intermediate EcoSport model and for the top model (the "Animal Free" EcoChic). Around 1,800 units were delivered in North America and Europe through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benetti Fisker 50
Henrik Fisker (born 10 August 1963) is a Danish automotive designer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California, US. He is best known as the founder of Fisker Automotive and Fisker Inc, and as a designer of luxury cars. After working at BMW, Ford, and Aston Martin, Fisker founded Fisker Automotive in 2007. The company failed to meet production deadlines despite significant federal and private investment. Fisker resigned in 2013. ''The New York Times'' described the company as the " Solyndra of the electric car industry" and a "debacle". He then became the CEO of Fisker Inc., which he co-founded with his wife in 2016; the company filed for bankruptcy in 2024. Early life and education Fisker was born in Allerød, Denmark. As a young boy he became interested in cars after seeing a Maserati Bora on the highway, and soon started sketching designs in notebooks.Joann Muller"The Next Detroit,"''Forbes'', 21 May 2009. He graduated with a degree in transportation design from the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
