Fisker Automotive and Technology Group (FATG), which was purchased by China-based Wanxiang last year following its bankruptcy, will come up with a manufacturing unit in California, US, to revive its Karma hybrid electric car. The new ...
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Wanxiang America, an affiliate of Chinese automotive parts maker Wanxiang Group, has purchased a Delaware plant from American electric car maker Fisker Automotive for $18m. Following an agreement signed last week, Fisker's plant has been ...
Wanxiang America, an affiliate of Chinese automotive parts maker Wanxiang Group, has received an approval from the US bankruptcy court to acquire the assets of American electric car maker Fisker Automotive for $149.2m. The company has won ...
Hybrid Technology, led by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, has bid $55 million for Fisker Automotive's assets, just days after a bankruptcy judge in Delaware rejected Hybrid's plan to take over the failed electric-vehicle maker in a ...
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Fisker Automotive has officially filed for bankruptcy on the back of the Californian car maker’s sale to investment group Hybrid Technology. After several attempts to rescue the company, Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on ...
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Detroit motoring venture VL Automotive is moving ahead with plans to transform Fisker Karmas from using hybrid powertrains to full-strength ZR1 Corvette power. The company, which is backed by former General Motors’ vice chairman Bob ...
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Mount Panorama will be included in the upcoming Gran Turismo 6 video game, for the first time in the franchise’s 15-year history. The Mount Panorama Motor Racing Circuit, Bathurst, to give the track its full name, will be one of ...
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The US Department of Energy is trying to unload repayments of the loan it granted electric car maker Fisker Automotive?following the company's failure to repay federal loans of US$168 million ($178 million). Fisker won a US$528 million ...
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Pop sensation Justin Bieber has reportedly been tearing up Dubai in a Lamborghini, racking up several speeding fines while on a five-day tour. In Dubai to perform two shows, 19-year-old Bieber was reportedly seen speeding down Sheikh ...
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Watch our automotive experts chat about new road test results and answer reader questions in the third episode of "Talking Cars with Consumer Reports." This podcast was recorded at our Connecticut Auto Test Center, within our always-busy ...
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This past weekend I brought our Tesla Model S to an Electric Vehicle Rally in Westport, Connecticut. The event featured a fun 40-mile scenic drive, guided by scavenger-hunt clues rather than driving directions. It was just the sort of event ...
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The California-based assembler of the Chinese-made Coda electric car has filed bankruptcy. Coda Holdings, Inc. filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the District of Delaware overnight, which is intended to ...
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Luxury plug-in hybrid carmaker Fisker Automotive looks set to file for bankruptcy protection in the US as soon as this week, according to latest reports. Under pressure from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to re-pay nearly US$200 ...
Luxury plug-in hybrid car company Fisker Automotive is facing a US lawsuit after laying off 160 workers at the end of last week. Industry journal Automotive News reports that a federal lawsuit has been filed against Fisker, accusing the ...
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The executive chairman and co-founder of Fisker Automotive, Henrik Fisker, has walked out on the embattled electric car maker following “several major disagreements” with the company’s management board. Danish-born ...
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