Fisker filed suit against the insurer in the New York Supreme Court on Friday, saying that the ruined Karmas, worth about $33 million.
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Honda Accord PHEV becomes first car to meet California’s new emissions standard
When fully in force in 2025, the new set of regulations is expected to reduce smog-causing pollutants by 75 percent from current levels, and greenhouse gases by 34 percent.
Pike Research makes 10 predictions for the EV industry in 2013
Pike Research has issued a white paper entitled Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2013, that should make (mostly) cheerful reading for EV enthusiasts. Saying that “doubts about the long-term viability of the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market were put to rest” in 2012, Pike predicts “the industry will be racing ahead in second gear in 2013.”… Read more »
Batterymaker bankruptcy forces Fisker to pause production
Fisker CEO Tony Posawatz told the press this week that the company has been forced to shut down production of the Karma until it figures out where its next batteries are coming from.
Three of a kind: PolyPlus reaches for 1,500 Wh/kg
After decades of patent-protected breakthroughs, PolyPlus stands poised to make its first commercial move from its trio of power-dense battery technologies: lithium-sulfur, lithium-water, and lithium-air. It’s a balmy, 95-degree August day in the nation’s capital, but Steven J. Visco, PhD, the CEO, CTO, and co-founder of PolyPlus, sits in the climate-controlled comfort of the White House… Read more »
Sandy vs Fisker: 300 Karmas destroyed
300 brand-new Karmas were destroyed in the storm, as were a total of around 16,000 vehicles from various makers, including a couple of Prii.
VIDEO: EV West and partners build electric off-road Baja racer
No, it’s not a reincarnation of GM’s visionary but premature EV1 – far from it. The Strategic Recovery Institute (SRI)’s EV1, which was unveiled in October at the Lucas Oil Off-Road Expo in Los Angeles, is a fully electric off-road vehicle with 535 hp and 750 ft-lbs of torque. It has a range of 100… Read more »
Fisker Karmas swamped by seawater, catch fire
Hurricane Sandy’s devastating damage seems to include 16 Fisker Karmas that were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey.
CalBattery’s new Si-graphene anode triples Li-ion battery capacity
California Lithium Battery, a finalist in the DOE’s 2012 Start Up America’s Next Top Energy Innovator challenge, has announced the record-setting performance of its new “GEN3” silicon graphene composite anode material for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Independent test results in full cell LIBs reveal an energy density of 525 Wh/kg and specific anode capacity 1,250 mAh/g. In… Read more »
Fisker CEO talks IPO and BMW
Fisker’s new CEO Tony Posawatz covered a number of timely topics in a speech to the Automotive Press Association on Monday.