Fisker is a newly christened company, rebirthed as an EV competitor similar to Tesla. Separately, it was announced that the Karma (now called the Karma Revero) from 2011 will be brought back.
For those not caught up, the Karma was a beautiful range-extended EV sports sedan that was unfortunately plagued by technical issues at the time - and its maker involved in a protracted lawsuit with…..Tesla.
Although the company that was spun off to conceive a comeback story for it is called Karma Automotive, this other vehicle seems to be solely under the control of famed car designer Henrik Fisker’s new enterprise.
Fisker Inc, as it’s called, is the umbrella under which this new EMotion sedan lives. The pitch does sound familiar as Mr Fisker touted the original Karma with a similar ethos which revolved around making electric vehicles beautiful and desirable.
Unlike his first attempt, this new car doesn’t come with a petrol engine that kicks in to supply more distance to the electric-powered Karma. Instead, the EMotion is powered entirely via batteries that uses advanced ‘graphene’ technology developed by Nanotech Energy Inc.
The body and frame of the EMotion is equally techy as well, utilising lightweight materials such as carbon fibre and aluminium, reducing weight considerably and likely the main catalyst behind its claimed range of over 640km and 260km/h top speed.
The car was developed with fully autonomous driving in mind and, when it debuts in mid-2017, will feature hardware that will enable it to drive itself entirely without human intervention. Of course, hardware is only on half of the equation. Fisker says that autonomous software and intelligence will be supplied by a partner that they’re soon to announce.
As for the car itself, it does look the part of a sporty and futuristic sedan. Interior space seems to be generous, if judged by the wheelbase alone, and the compactness of the electric powertrain and (presumably) floor-mounted batteries mean the front and rear overhangs can be drastically reduced.
While this means that the car may well have a smaller and more easily manoeuvrable footprint, boot space could suffer.
