Fisker Releases Fist Business Update to Quench Fears

With Fisker being bombarded with accusations regarding battery fires and the Atlantic being postponed, it’s easy to lose track of the company’s progress over the years and focus on the bad press. So the pioneer of extended range electric GT cars has released a ‘feel good’ press release to quench the fears of investors.

According to them, the company has generated over $100 million in revenue in four months to April 30th. What’s more, over a thousand Karmas have been delivered to customers since its launch.

“We are encouraged by solid demand for the Karma, our unique extended-range luxury model. Pending completion of investment sourcing, we are poised to press ahead with further market expansion and development of our higher volume model, the Fisker Atlantic,” said Tom LaSorda, Chief Executive Officer of Fisker Automotive.

Since the start of the year, the company has secured an additional $174 million in funding to help develop future cars like the Atlantic and the Surf.

Henrik Fisker, Executive Chairman of the company, said: “There is great confidence from the investment community, our customers and the media in what we have achieved in bringing such a beautiful and innovative car to the marketplace in record time. Treading a new path in any industry is never easy, but we have set out to re-define and re-shape the way the world thinks about cars, and I am proud of what the Fisker team has achieved so far.”

Via:  autoevolution

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Leaked: Fisker Atlantic Specifications

Last month we saw the official introduction of the Fisker Atlantic Concept at the New York Auto Show. This week new information was revealed including specifications and a delay of the production start.

According to our colleagues at WorldCarFans, the Atlantic will have a turbocharged four-cylinder engine combined with an electric drivetrain. The expected output will be around 300hp. A sprint from standstill to 100km/h wil be appromaxitely 6.5 seconds.

The production of the Atlantic will start in the spring of 2014 instead of the earlier announced spring of 2013. The expected price tag will be between $ 50,000 and $ 60,000.

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Leaked Fisker Atlantic documents reveal big production delay, specs

The Fisker Atlantic extended-range plug-in vehicle will start production about a year after its previously estimated mid-2013 date, Inside EVs blog reports, citing leaked company documents that were dated "a few weeks ago."

The Atlantic, formerly known as Project Nina, will compete pricewise against the BMW 3 Series and 5 Series sedans, as well as the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class, Jaguar XF and Audi A4 and A6. That would put the model in the $50,000 to $60,000 range, according to the publication. The model, which will still be produced at Fisker's Delaware plant, will have 300 horsepower, a 0-60 time of 6.5 seconds and emissions of 50 grams per kilometer of CO2, Inside EVs reports, citing the documents.

"As these documents are obviously leaked investor documents and highly confidential, I am not prepared to comment any further," a Fisker representative tells Autoblog sister site, AutoblogGreen.

The status of the Atlantic has been in question since plans for the former General Motors plant in Delaware were put on hold once the U.S. Department of Energy froze most of the $529 million in loans earmarked for the California-based company.

Fisker unveiled the Atlantic at the New York Auto Show last month, saying that the car's price tag would be "a much lower price point" than Fisker's Karma sedan.

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