Fisker Electric Car

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Last year Wangzxiang’s billionaire founder, Lu Guanqiu, said he would spend as much money as necessary to succeed in the electric car business, but it’s unknown how much has been spent so far on Fisker/Elux, or exactly how much the Karma will differ After buying the rights to failed electric car startup Fisker Automotive in early 2014, China’s Wanxiang was confident production of Fisker’s only model, the extended-range electric sedan known as the Karma, would be relaunched by as early as 2015. Danish designer Henrik Fisker has an eye for beautiful cars. He penned such lovely automobiles as the Aston Martin DB9 and the BMW Z8 before starting his own company in 2007 to build the hybrid gas/electric Fisker Karma. Despite lots of help from the US The revised version of the Karma will be renamed Elux Karma and the Fisker name will be dropped, said the sources, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak for Wanxiang. The sources said the revived gasoline-electric car will not The Fisker Karma extended-range electric luxury sedan has been out of production since July 2012, but it's hardly gone away. Chinese automotive supplier Wanxiang, which now owns the car company, hopes to restart sales of the low, sleek, striking four-seat Fisker may have fizzled While the company announced that the car will, basically, “look the same and feature its gas/electric drive train,” the model is expected to have an even heftier pricetag, selling for $135,000 (about $25,000 above the .

Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group became famous recently for acquiring the bankrupt assets of electric car startup Fisker Automotive. Now, the company plans to reintroduce the latter in a bid to gain access to the US luxury auto market. According to The new owner of sports car company Fisker is moving forward with plans for its plug-in “I’ll put every cent that Wanxiang earns into making electric vehicles,” Guanqiu said last May. “I’ll burn as much cash as it takes to succeed, or until The revised Karma will now be named Elux Karma and the Fisker name will be dropped completely, Reuters reported citing sources who "asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak for Wanxiang." The revived-electric vehicle won't be The same sources said that the new Karma will be based heavily on Fisker’s original design. The car will continue using a gasoline-electric powertrain with Wanxiang said to be spending millions in refreshing the car’s mechanical components. The new .