Fisker Karma (2010) Plug-in Hybrid Sports Sedan - Automotive News

At the 2010 Geneva Motor Show, Fisker Automotive are set to reveal their advanced aluminium space frame which is to feature in the stunning Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid electric sports sedan. The Fisker Karma, the world’s first premium plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, will make its Chicago debut at the Chicago Auto Show February 12-21. With the Karma, American automaker Fisker Automotive (www.fiskerautomotive.com) proves that with eco-friendly cars you can enjoy beautiful, distinctive design and thrilling performance with a clear conscience.

Fisker Karma (2010) Plug-in Hybrid

2010 Fisker Karma Preview ? 2008 Detroit Auto Show: Just this morning we attended a press convention held with the aid of a well-known Italian luxurious car employer, one that sells fewer than 10,000 motors annually and employs executives who tout the emblem?S exclusivity. Maybe they haven?T heard about Fisker Automotive, and mainly, the 2010 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid.

Despite a projected annual production run of approximately 15,000 devices, the Karma comes a lot towards the actual definition of extraordinary thank you the plug-in?S first-to-marketplace reputation, fantastically lower priced $80,000 base price, lithium ion battery generation, complete-electric variety of fifty miles, and a gasoline/electric gasoline economic system score of one hundred mpg. That sort of exclusivity will be to be had from Fisker in late 2009.

The 403hp, four-door Karma plug-in hybrid can pass 0 to 60mph in six seconds and has a top velocity of 125mph, however it may still acquire an annual common of more than 100mpg and force tailpipe-emission loose. Features encompass a sculpted body, 22-inch wheels, trunk space for two units of golfing golf equipment, a ten.2-inch haptic touchscreen manage middle, reclaimed wooden trim and an available animal-unfastened interior trim bundle.

"Our pinnacle priorities whilst we designed the Karma's aluminium space frame had been that it have extremely excessive torsional pressure and might be effortlessly modified to simply accept Karma model editions," defined Henrik Fisker, CEO, Fisker Automotive. "We benchmarked a number of the sector's best vehicles to create an all-new space frame as a way to supply an exhilarating experience at the back of the wheel." A first rate-structural tunnel strolling down the car's centerline acts as the Karma's backbone. The spaceframe is designed around the automobile's specific Q-DRIVE collection-hybrid powertrain.

Behind the rear-power Karma?S taut skin is a light-weight chassis that locations the battery p.C. In the automobile?S middle to beautify riding dynamics and safety. Fisker says its plug-in hybrid sports sedan will hit 60 mph in 5.Eight seconds and travel up to 50 miles on electric powered power alone; with a supplemental 4-cylinder fuel engine that powers a huge generator, its variety will enlarge to 620 miles whilst returning 100 mpg. When plugged into a one hundred ten-volt household outlet, the Karma absolutely recharges in eight hours, using a 220-volt outlet will get the job done in 3 hours, and a solar roof panel aids with trickle charging while the Karma is parked.

The Karma is a chain Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) powered through a lithium-ion battery and an green 2.Zero-liter variety-extending fuel engine. The engine simplest turns a generator, which sends energy to two electric traction motors attached to the rear differential. The Karma has a 300-mile variety with a full battery price and a full tank of fuel. The first 50 miles are electric powered-handiest and emission unfastened.

The battery may be recharged in less than six hours using the same 220v family modern-day that powers some major home equipment. The Karma can also be charged the use of fashionable 110v electricity from any electrical outlet.

Fisker Automotive?S first vehicle is the Fisker Karma, the sector?S first manufacturing Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The four-door Karma could be observed by way of variants and a second line of lower fee, excessive quantity top class inexperienced automobiles with the aid of 2012.