Fisker Automotive to Debut Luxury Plug-in Hybrid Cars for the European Market

Pricing and European retail strategy to be announced in March at the Geneva Motor Show.

[xfloat=left]http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/Fisker_Sunset.JPG[/xfloat]Trading Markets – Feb. 17, 2009

Fisker Karma PHEV Interior

Fisker Automotive, the new American manufacturer of premium green automobiles, co-founded by Quantum, will unveil its Karma and Karma S luxury plug-in hybrid cars for the first time on European soil at the Geneva Motor Show on March 3, 2009. The 408 horsepower, 100 mpg Karma sedan incorporating the Quantum Q-Drive(R) will appear in the production trim that customers will receive when deliveries begin at the end of this year. The Karma S hardtop convertible coupe concept is scheduled for production in 2011. A European retail network strategy, along with vehicle options and pricing, will also be announced.

The full size, four-seater Fisker Karma fuses the traditional and timeless styling of former Aston Martin and BMW auto designer, and Fisker Automotive CEO, Henrik Fisker, with the cutting-edge technology of Q-Drive(R), - a new, clean-energy powertrain from Quantum Fuel System Technologies Worldwide (Nasdaq: QTWW). Quantum and Fisker Automotive collaborated to develop... [rm]http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2180367/[/rm]

 

Cool, but more vaporware. We've see a lot of exciting EVs and PHEVs come and go without anything ever getting produced. Wake me up when they fire up the assembly line.