Fisker got a lot of US money. The plan was to start a plant in Delaware and create jobs. He got the money and built the plant in Finland. Your US tax dollars at work!
Fisker’s top investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a veteran Silicon Valley venture-capital firm of which Gore is a partner. Employees of KPCB have donated more than $2.2 million to political campaigns, mostly for Democrats, including President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign contributions.
Wow a recycled car that costs 80k, I guess I better go check the trash can and see if one of these pops out. Just one more red blooded American speaking out for the working class. I wonder if I could use my $20 gift card as a down payment and take one home. The rich making more trash for the rich. No wonder we're so devided on this planet. Good luck with the big ego mobile.
Fisker and Tesla got government loan guarantees just like Solyndra. I guess it was so they could make sports cars for millionaires? These Tesla and Fisker fancy lads along with their investors don't risk their own money at all. They are low life U.S. tax payer moochers. Society needs electric cars that cost well under $20K. What is the government thinking?
So basically, all Fisker did was put leather on a Chevy Volt and jack the price up by two. You're still 100% dependent on oil. He's no innovator, just a schmuck.
@JCompany8 I agree and to think, he could just go through my trash and recycle some of my garbage and pay me to make this car. Definately a schmuck!!!
What we need is a car that looks this good but dont cost over 20k.. getting rich fast may make ya broke fast.. keep the price down, they will sell....
Takes the Volt to the next level. I'm all over this. For not much more than a Vette you get far superior looks (Aston Martin rivaling looks) with a terrific Eco friendly package. The future of automobiles right here.
Trouble with all these electrics is range and charge time. This is a nice car but doesn't bring anything ground breaking. Same as tesla's. Claim all the range you like but when you have heater, wipers, lights, etc on and aren't driving miss daisy they all go flat in no time than take an age to charge. Sort that and you have a car that will sell.
Automobile magazinge compared the Karma to that stupid Tesla thing. The Karma is cheaper and more practical, and has alonger range, and is better looking, so why would anyone buy a Tesla?
Let those gas prices go up baby.....Force the world to go green.........Only 4 companies produce lithium currently.........4 companies cannot meet the demand of a world full of electric cars.........The next oil??? = Lithium (ion batteries)
40 exploration companies all penny stocks.
I would rather put my money there than in the tank.
Lithium is the lightest solid on the earth unless you want to drive a car filled with explosive natural gas or nuclear power uranium.
looking at the grille of the karma, you can easily see the BMW inspiration with the double kidney-esque styling, and then to find out both of the designers were BMW formers really sealed the deal
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I was interested in it because I thought it was going to be American Made. From Finland? Not so much. If the car's VIN # begins with 1 or 4 its American. Anything else is built somewhere else.
This car is ridiculous. This is all about money, not the environment. If it wasn't, he'd have tried to create a car that everyone could more easily afford. Fisker's last place of employ before this was Aston-Martin, a place not known for "affordability." It's nice to see he's carrying on that particular tradition. I'm sure this vehicle will have a takers in L.A., Dubai and Moscow. People there usually have more money than sense.
It's not for everybody. That's why theres a Ford and a Mercedes. Just because you can't afford it doesn't mean it's ridiculous. Go buy a Prius if you want a cheaper (and ugly) environmental car.
@evilfelicia1 so after styling bmws and astin martins this guy should build econo boxes ehhh??? once you reach a higher level you dont go back... maybe some day you too will understand. and 80 grand is a great deal for a car like this at this time
fisker is already on it's way on creating affordable hybrids. biden gave him 50 billion of bucks i think to make affordable ones, it's called the project NINA which includes cars, coupes, and suvs.
@evilfelicia1 - Show me one car company whether it be Ford or Ferrari that is not about making money...any company, regardless of who they are (automotive or not), is out to make a profit...its much more costly to do a mass production car than it is to make a lower volume, exclusive car....when they have the capital to produce a more affordable car it will happen, in fact they are already working on it....theres an old saying, "Rome wasnt built in a day"
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I think some people are taking the wrong impressions from the green initiative.
A plugin Hybrid Vehicle is pointless considering it takes more oil to produce the electricity then it does to burn in an engine. It also takes more oil to make a solar panel then it will produce electricity in its lifetime.
Recycling bio-degradable items is pointless as it doesn't hurt the environment to throw them in a land fill. Its actually a positive to throw out things made of fabric.
I disagree. I can't speak on the production of the solar panels, but regarding your comment on a plugin hybrid using more oil to produce the electricity for it is wrong. Petroleum accounts for 1.1% of the energy produced in America. Most energy is produced by coal, natural gas, nuclear energy, and hydroelectric energy. Renewable resources such as wind and solar account for 3.6% of electric power. So no, a plugin hybrid does not use more petroleum and gasoline than a standard car.
Its basic energy transfer shit. Hybrids are heavier, thus have worse fuel economy. Getting energy directly from the source is more efficient then getting energy from an intermediary source.
Throwing Bio-degradable stuff back in the ground is better for the environment because it releases its nourishment to be used.
Also Petroleum has a high energy coefficient only beaten by Nuclear. Next best is Shale Oil.
Sorry, but you are wrong about solar panels, newer solar panels have a guarantee of lasting 25 years (which means most last well above that time frame). That's more then enough to offset the amount of emissions burned from producing them (I interned at a solar company called Asola under their engineering and development center).
good lookn ride I spend time in Europe due to my job. The US worker is still one of the hardest working on the planet in person from Europe & the rest of the world will tell u this. the problem is our outdated laws from Healthcare to Green issues. GM & Ford are playing in a game where BMW Benz & Toyota dont have to pay high medical/ insurance costs why my country still allows mega insurance to kill this country is beyond me. WE COULD HAVE MANY CO. BUILDING HERE IF THIS WOULD CHANGE.
Here is something to think about. All of you who oppose immigration/naturalization of foreigners. THINK again. These are danish and german people who came to america to develop a car here. If you make it harder for smart people to immigrate you are going to eliminate an important aspect of corporate competitiveness in the global world. Whether it is trying to eliminate H1B or make it harder to move here that would be a mistake. We will only shoot ourselves in the foot by making it mean.
Actually you are correct. I had the opportunity to scrutinize the car while it appeared in NY. The interior was ill-fitting and the doors closed w/ a junky clunk.. I had to constantly remind myself it was a concept car not even in pre-production stage..
The plan is to refurbish an old plant in the US with the help of Valmet to eventually manufacture the cars for the US here and continue to use Valmet to make the ones for the European market. They needed to start with Valmet in order to get the first ones off the line so quickly because Valmet is the only one that will have available production capability since Porsche is discontinuing its Boxster and Cayman production with Valmet.
It is obviously built overseas because the cost of building it here is too high. If we want cars built here the cost of building it here must come down.
Why do you think America is losing all its manufacturing jobs?
Well, that's obviously not true because Honda's, Toyota's and Nissan's are built in the US and they're priced competitively with Ford and GM. Plus, Ford and GM have plants in Mexico and Canada. In fact, more American made parts go into a Honda or Toyota than a Chevy or Ford.
Fisker got a lot of US money. The plan was to start a plant in Delaware and create jobs. He got the money and built the plant in Finland. Your US tax dollars at work!
heckfricker 5 days ago
I think Fiskar is about to do to cars what Apple did to smart phones...! When is a right hand drive version due for the UK??
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Fisker’s top investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a veteran Silicon Valley venture-capital firm of which Gore is a partner. Employees of KPCB have donated more than $2.2 million to political campaigns, mostly for Democrats, including President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks campaign contributions.
JerseyAtheist 2 weeks ago
Beautiful, emotional and exciting green cars ...WTF? Ya, that only the rich can afford. Yep that makes sense.
djmalarky 1 month ago 2
Wow a recycled car that costs 80k, I guess I better go check the trash can and see if one of these pops out. Just one more red blooded American speaking out for the working class. I wonder if I could use my $20 gift card as a down payment and take one home. The rich making more trash for the rich. No wonder we're so devided on this planet. Good luck with the big ego mobile.
djmalarky 1 month ago
i will buy it
dashmohi 1 month ago
Pause at 0:18 We have the Fisker Project Nina
ChristewieTV 1 month ago
Too bad ,Chrysler and Gm weren't allowed to die .This car would have rose to the top quick.
kooodeal 2 months ago
Fisker and Tesla got government loan guarantees just like Solyndra. I guess it was so they could make sports cars for millionaires? These Tesla and Fisker fancy lads along with their investors don't risk their own money at all. They are low life U.S. tax payer moochers. Society needs electric cars that cost well under $20K. What is the government thinking?
Alvord1430 2 months ago
3:30 Bitch on the right looks so lost lol
31MillerTime31 3 months ago
I'm glad more people are looking at electric cars.. when the fisker was first introduced the video for it only had 10,000 views.
ChristopherGiusti 5 months ago
So basically, all Fisker did was put leather on a Chevy Volt and jack the price up by two. You're still 100% dependent on oil. He's no innovator, just a schmuck.
Why is he getting government money for this?!
JCompany8 5 months ago
@JCompany8 I agree and to think, he could just go through my trash and recycle some of my garbage and pay me to make this car. Definately a schmuck!!!
djmalarky 1 month ago
This car gonna be the world's "Electrical Enthusiastic"
clicketeer 6 months ago
Leonardo DiCaprio brought me here.
JayZTupacNas 6 months ago
@JayZTupacNas Me too!
ClubbyClubman 1 month ago
What we need is a car that looks this good but dont cost over 20k.. getting rich fast may make ya broke fast.. keep the price down, they will sell....
idantheman325 8 months ago
Takes the Volt to the next level. I'm all over this. For not much more than a Vette you get far superior looks (Aston Martin rivaling looks) with a terrific Eco friendly package. The future of automobiles right here.
HardyHarz 9 months ago
Trouble with all these electrics is range and charge time. This is a nice car but doesn't bring anything ground breaking. Same as tesla's. Claim all the range you like but when you have heater, wipers, lights, etc on and aren't driving miss daisy they all go flat in no time than take an age to charge. Sort that and you have a car that will sell.
hunghuge12 9 months ago
@hunghuge12 Recharge in 5 minutes. You are wrong. It used A123 batteries, Volt don't.
kooodeal 2 months ago
bring the price down sell more
S10slayer 9 months ago
More Torque and looks nicer then the bugatti I would buy it.
loberman 10 months ago
if i spend 100k on a car, im gonna get something faster. its nice though
MisterPeetBull 1 year ago
Automobile magazinge compared the Karma to that stupid Tesla thing. The Karma is cheaper and more practical, and has alonger range, and is better looking, so why would anyone buy a Tesla?
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Let those gas prices go up baby.....Force the world to go green.........Only 4 companies produce lithium currently.........4 companies cannot meet the demand of a world full of electric cars.........The next oil??? = Lithium (ion batteries)
40 exploration companies all penny stocks.
I would rather put my money there than in the tank.
Lithium is the lightest solid on the earth unless you want to drive a car filled with explosive natural gas or nuclear power uranium.
doggfish55 1 year ago
But still its gas powered...Why can't they just cut away and make a car this beautiful this awesome and on nothing but electricity
Beasterdamus 1 year ago
@Beasterdamus Tesla is making an all-electric sedan that can do 160-300 miles per charge depending on the battery pack option
TBman256 1 year ago
@TBman256 who gives a fuck
MisterPeetBull 1 year ago
Prius killer and I am a Toyota fan....
hirampr21 1 year ago
@hirampr21 Prius's take more energy and materials to build than a LR Disco.
Irishfilmer55 1 year ago
@hirampr21 You could buy four of those for the price of one Karma, so no, not really.
onehundreddollars 1 year ago
nasty grill ..chester the cat
viclam 1 year ago
nasty grill
viclam 1 year ago
looking at the grille of the karma, you can easily see the BMW inspiration with the double kidney-esque styling, and then to find out both of the designers were BMW formers really sealed the deal
DV910 1 year ago
@DV910 looking at 2:23 , I see a bit of the Z8, maybe I'm just going crazy on lack of sleep here, but I see it
DV910 1 year ago
Wow these guys and gals have desinged some very very beautiful cars. Really nice. Hybrid too wow best of both worlds!
luckyceltic69 1 year ago
Fisker really deserves success
metalyrix 1 year ago
sweet ride. I want me one of these.
TerryJShelton 1 year ago
100 miles per gallon holy shit :D !
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I was interested in it because I thought it was going to be American Made. From Finland? Not so much. If the car's VIN # begins with 1 or 4 its American. Anything else is built somewhere else.
TheOKTerrificable 1 year ago
It's beautiful It's a... total maserati ripoff
GalicD 1 year ago
@GalicD You do realize that this guy is the retired designer of allllll the Maserati's you probably know or have ever seen...just saying...
LifeIsScience1 1 year ago
oh oh ! guess what ppl !!!!!!! Looks pretty similar as the maserati grand cabrio !! check that OUT!! lol
j3zr33Lwiriwiri 1 year ago
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mdagroup 1 year ago
this is what bmws should have looked like by now :( you have to see one of these cars in person, they are truly somthing special
SuperRussianSpy 2 years ago
This car is ridiculous. This is all about money, not the environment. If it wasn't, he'd have tried to create a car that everyone could more easily afford. Fisker's last place of employ before this was Aston-Martin, a place not known for "affordability." It's nice to see he's carrying on that particular tradition. I'm sure this vehicle will have a takers in L.A., Dubai and Moscow. People there usually have more money than sense.
evilfelicia1 2 years ago
It's not for everybody. That's why theres a Ford and a Mercedes. Just because you can't afford it doesn't mean it's ridiculous. Go buy a Prius if you want a cheaper (and ugly) environmental car.
carlover72 2 years ago
@carlover72 Prius is an abboration! lol
sourmanofcoal 1 year ago
@evilfelicia1 so after styling bmws and astin martins this guy should build econo boxes ehhh??? once you reach a higher level you dont go back... maybe some day you too will understand. and 80 grand is a great deal for a car like this at this time
SuperRussianSpy 2 years ago
fisker is already on it's way on creating affordable hybrids. biden gave him 50 billion of bucks i think to make affordable ones, it's called the project NINA which includes cars, coupes, and suvs.
janmaomuriano 2 years ago
@evilfelicia1 - Show me one car company whether it be Ford or Ferrari that is not about making money...any company, regardless of who they are (automotive or not), is out to make a profit...its much more costly to do a mass production car than it is to make a lower volume, exclusive car....when they have the capital to produce a more affordable car it will happen, in fact they are already working on it....theres an old saying, "Rome wasnt built in a day"
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politowic 2 years ago
I think some people are taking the wrong impressions from the green initiative.
A plugin Hybrid Vehicle is pointless considering it takes more oil to produce the electricity then it does to burn in an engine. It also takes more oil to make a solar panel then it will produce electricity in its lifetime.
Recycling bio-degradable items is pointless as it doesn't hurt the environment to throw them in a land fill. Its actually a positive to throw out things made of fabric.
falchard 2 years ago
I disagree. I can't speak on the production of the solar panels, but regarding your comment on a plugin hybrid using more oil to produce the electricity for it is wrong. Petroleum accounts for 1.1% of the energy produced in America. Most energy is produced by coal, natural gas, nuclear energy, and hydroelectric energy. Renewable resources such as wind and solar account for 3.6% of electric power. So no, a plugin hybrid does not use more petroleum and gasoline than a standard car.
NEAWD 2 years ago
Too much there to disagree about, so I'll just say that you are an idiot.
JHatch65 2 years ago
Its basic energy transfer shit. Hybrids are heavier, thus have worse fuel economy. Getting energy directly from the source is more efficient then getting energy from an intermediary source.
Throwing Bio-degradable stuff back in the ground is better for the environment because it releases its nourishment to be used.
Also Petroleum has a high energy coefficient only beaten by Nuclear. Next best is Shale Oil.
falchard 2 years ago
Sorry, but you are wrong about solar panels, newer solar panels have a guarantee of lasting 25 years (which means most last well above that time frame). That's more then enough to offset the amount of emissions burned from producing them (I interned at a solar company called Asola under their engineering and development center).
mfisker 2 years ago
@falchard yha global warming is a scam to make more money... but cool looking car
SuperRussianSpy 2 years ago
ok, so the founder, the CEO and the designer is a Danish guy, but the company Fisker Automotive is... what? A Danish firm or an American?
gjaddajg 2 years ago
I really want one of these
brianismynamo55 2 years ago
its like a 350z and a DB9 hybrid
outlawkelb 2 years ago
BEAUTIFUL magnificent!
AnimepimpYT 2 years ago
good lookn ride I spend time in Europe due to my job. The US worker is still one of the hardest working on the planet in person from Europe & the rest of the world will tell u this. the problem is our outdated laws from Healthcare to Green issues. GM & Ford are playing in a game where BMW Benz & Toyota dont have to pay high medical/ insurance costs why my country still allows mega insurance to kill this country is beyond me. WE COULD HAVE MANY CO. BUILDING HERE IF THIS WOULD CHANGE.
Dredre1069 2 years ago
That's definitely the nicest looking sedan ever conceived. If it was a standard V8 they'd sell a lot of these.
dodododa 2 years ago
Here is something to think about. All of you who oppose immigration/naturalization of foreigners. THINK again. These are danish and german people who came to america to develop a car here. If you make it harder for smart people to immigrate you are going to eliminate an important aspect of corporate competitiveness in the global world. Whether it is trying to eliminate H1B or make it harder to move here that would be a mistake. We will only shoot ourselves in the foot by making it mean.
jkeelsnc 2 years ago
What and Awesome car
JerseyShoreChris 2 years ago
they stole the BMW grill design,but the car is ok
dzylz 2 years ago
interior is a joke...looks like its home made...not ready for production
viclam 2 years ago
Actually you are correct. I had the opportunity to scrutinize the car while it appeared in NY. The interior was ill-fitting and the doors closed w/ a junky clunk.. I had to constantly remind myself it was a concept car not even in pre-production stage..
chinois9 2 years ago
A Tesla ripoff!
hallaelementary 2 years ago
The plan is to refurbish an old plant in the US with the help of Valmet to eventually manufacture the cars for the US here and continue to use Valmet to make the ones for the European market. They needed to start with Valmet in order to get the first ones off the line so quickly because Valmet is the only one that will have available production capability since Porsche is discontinuing its Boxster and Cayman production with Valmet.
kabalah70 2 years ago
A damn sexy car, I would like to eventually buy one, but I'd prefer it to be built here
stanbernadino 2 years ago
If production costs were less in the US, it would be built in the US.
American businesses are becoming uncompetitive.
pllpls 2 years ago
I don't know what you're talking about, for me it's simple, I'd buy this car but ONLY if it's built here.
stanbernadino 2 years ago
It is obviously built overseas because the cost of building it here is too high. If we want cars built here the cost of building it here must come down.
Why do you think America is losing all its manufacturing jobs?
pllpls 2 years ago
Well, that's obviously not true because Honda's, Toyota's and Nissan's are built in the US and they're priced competitively with Ford and GM. Plus, Ford and GM have plants in Mexico and Canada. In fact, more American made parts go into a Honda or Toyota than a Chevy or Ford.
remmyjable 2 years ago
its like a jaguar and maserati mix.
geraldhatch 2 years ago
cool car design great concept (focusing on the environment) and hybrid powered vehicle will get major attention from the crowds superb job Fisker
rockkyman 2 years ago
Badass car, I would buy one.
venom5809 2 years ago 16
good by carbon fiber and hello solar panels for the new "cool" in automotoive. I'd sale my corvette in a heart beat for this car.
jeffzahnd 2 years ago
great car, i think they have a bright future
kubomon17 2 years ago 11