Much speculation has gone into theories on why Fisker Automotive picked the Wilmington Delaware plant. Was it because former Vice President Al Gore had cut an “under the table” deal with Vice President Biden? Did the UAW, as an owner of GM force them to buy the plant in order to maintain the rights [...]
Dealers who attended the press conference that announced the purchase of the Boxwood Assembly Plant got a special treat just before Halloween. After everyone else had left, Fisker Automotive held a special dealer meeting. At this meeting a full size metal model was shown of the Nina. Prior to the showing dealer were instructed not [...]
Live transcript from the Boxwood Automotive Plant, Delaware. Vice President Joe Biden and Fisker Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker speak.
10:37 Introductions, including Vice President Biden and Henrik Fisker.
10:40 First Speaker, Car Czar Ed Montgomery. He gets his largest applause when he says “This plant will allow us to export electric cars to other countries.”
10:43 Next Speaker, [...]
Admittedly we were curious as well why there was so much press about an announcement that might be happening sometime in the future. Seems like Nick Chambers over at Gas2.0 has put all the pieces together.
But now it all becomes clear why there was this air of mystery about the announcement and why Fisker thought [...]
Fisker Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker is a noted car designer. And now he’s trying his hand at running the whole show: his company plans to bring the plug-in hybrid Karma to the market next June.
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[Source:AutoWeek]
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