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 conference held by way of a well-known Italian luxury automobile employer, one which sells fewer than 10,000 motors yearly and employs executives who tout the brand?S exclusivity. Maybe they haven?T heard about Fisker Automotive, and particularly, the 2010 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid.

Despite a projected annual production run of approximately 15,000 devices, the Karma comes a whole lot in the direction of the proper definition of distinctive thank you the plug-in?S first-to-market popularity, exceptionally low-cost $eighty,000 base price, lithium ion battery generation, complete-electric variety of 50 miles, and a fuel/electric powered fuel financial system rating of a hundred mpg. That kind of exclusivity could be to be had from Fisker in overdue 2009.

The 403hp, four-door Karma plug-in hybrid can move zero to 60mph in six seconds and has a top pace of 125mph, but it may nevertheless achieve an annual common of more than 100mpg and force tailpipe-emission free. Features encompass a sculpted frame, 22-inch wheels, trunk area for 2 units of golf clubs, a ten.2-inch haptic touchscreen manage center, reclaimed wooden trim and an to be had animal-free indoors trim bundle.

"Our pinnacle priorities whilst we designed the Karma's aluminium area body were that it have extraordinarily excessive torsional rigidity and may be without problems changed to accept Karma version variations," explained Henrik Fisker, CEO, Fisker Automotive. "We benchmarked some of the arena's best vehicles to create an all-new space frame as a way to deliver an exhilarating enjoy behind the wheel." A notable-structural tunnel going for walks down the car's centerline acts because the Karma's backbone. The spaceframe is designed around the auto's unique Q-DRIVE collection-hybrid powertrain.

Behind the rear-power Karma?S taut pores and skin is a lightweight chassis that places the battery % in the car?S middle to enhance riding dynamics and protection. Fisker says its plug-in hybrid sports sedan will hit 60 mph in five.Eight seconds and travel up to 50 miles on electric energy alone; with a supplemental 4-cylinder fuel engine that powers a huge generator, its variety will amplify to 620 miles while returning one hundred mpg. When plugged right into a one hundred ten-volt household outlet, the Karma absolutely recharges in eight hours, using a 220-volt outlet gets the activity achieved in 3 hours, and a sun roof panel aids with trickle charging while the Karma is parked.

The Karma is a sequence Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) powered with the aid of a lithium-ion battery and an green 2.Zero-liter variety-extending gas engine. The engine best turns a generator, which sends power to two electric powered traction vehicles connected to the rear differential. The Karma has a three hundred-mile variety with a complete battery charge and a complete tank of gas. The first 50 miles are electric powered-handiest and emission unfastened.

The battery may be recharged in much less than six hours the use of the same 220v family cutting-edge that powers some most important home equipment. The Karma can also be charged using trendy 110v electricity from any electric outlet.

Fisker Automotive?S first car is the Fisker Karma, the world?S first manufacturing Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). The 4-door Karma could be accompanied via two editions and a 2d line of decrease value, high quantity premium inexperienced vehicles through 2012.