Sept. 10 - While the major automakers struggle with tradeoffs between ecological responsibility and vehicle performance, Fisker Automotive dove headlong into the issue last January, showing a sleek, luxurious vehicle called KARMA.
It seems that some others are ready to jump headlong in with them - others that bring development money with them. The company announced yesterday that it had raised an additional $65 million to fund development of the KARMA, which is intended for production. Existing investors, Palo Alto Investors and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, participated in the new financing, along with an an affiliate of Qatar Investment Authority.
The first-of-its-kind four-door plug-in hybrid premium sports car was unveiled in January at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The stance of the Fisker Karma is wide and low. It delivers such dramatic proportions for a four-door sports sedan that one would not anticipate. The height of a Porsche 911, length of a Mercedes Benz CLS and the width of a BMW 7 Series.
Over his 18 years in the car design business, Henrik Fisker has left his thumbprint on some of the most highly regarded automobiles. His creations range from the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9 & V8 Vantage to his most recent creations – the Tramonto and Latigo CS, designed under the Fisker Coachbuild nameplate.
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