Fisker beginning to look like the real deal
Its not really about the Karma
Initial production of the Karma plug-in hybrid is sold out. So, if you desire a Karma or Sunset hybrid, you'll have to wait until 2011, when Fisker will begin producing 15,000 of these plug-in hybrid vehicles per year.
But that isn't really what Fisker is about.
By mid-2012, Fisker intends to use all of its Karma to begin production on Project Nina. Sure, that wouldn't be very big news if Fisker was only planning on producing just 15-20,000 Nina hybrids per year.
But, again, that isn't what Fisker is about. Instead, Fisker plans on producing 100,000 Nina plug-in hybrid vehicles.
100,000 vehicles with 50 miles of EV range and another 250 miles of hybrid range?! Are you kidding me? If Fisker can achieve that by mid-2012, it might just become the greatest automotive story ever.
Labels: plug-in hybrid vehicles, quantum fisker plug-in hybrid
posted by Dahcredyns at
12:27 PM
4 Comments:
We may be looking at a little history here.....
As the automobile begins it's transition from ICE to alternative energy source we should expect new car companies to emerge.
Ford, GM and Chrysler have all gotten smaller, and have lost some of the power they once had. They can't prevent new American car companies from being successful they way they crushed Tucker back in the late 40's. This paves the way for some new blood like Tesla and Fisker.
Instead of histrory repeating itself, I think history is writing a whole new chapter...
Indigo incarnates
It would be totally awesome if a new car company became mainstream and with newer technology.
Plug-in hybrids are part of the answer. But making conventional hybrids increasingly more efficient is also important (after all, lots of folk live in apartments or condos).
I do see Ford continuing in the right direction, but not GM or Chrysler.
I must say this is a great article i enjoyed reading it keep the good work.
i very much agree with that conventional hybrid car sentiment, indigo.
for fisker a big focus on phevs is fine, even at 100,000 vehicles per year. however, for the major OEMs i think cheaper conventional hybrids are extremely important.
toyota and honda certainly seem to accept this. ford also seems to be shaping up, but i'm not convinced just yet.
chrysler? who knows what's going on there.
gm? at a media event hosted by GM on the eve of the la auto show i heard about the possibility of a new conventional hybrid powertrain that would be better than the upcoming BAS-lithium drive and the overly truck-intensive dual mode hybrid drive. that would signal a very serious change at GM in my opinion.
of course, i'll believe it when i see it.
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