Defining the Future: Fisker Automotive Unveils 2010 Fisker Karma Premium Plug-in...

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Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:25pm EST 

Defining the Future: Fisker Automotive Unveils 2010 Fisker Karma Premium
Plug-in Hybrid Production Car

100mpg Fisker Karma Makes its World Wide Premiere at the 2009 North American
International Auto Show

DETROIT, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Fisker Automotive, Inc., the new American
manufacturer of premium green automobiles, unveiled its first production car
-- the 2010 Fisker Karma -- at the 2009 North American International Auto Show
(NAIAS) in Detroit today.  The four-door, four-seat Karma fuses the
traditional and timeless styling of veteran auto designer and Fisker
Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker, with Quantum Technologies' clean Q-DRIVE(R)
plug-in hybrid powertrain to become the world's first luxury plug-in hybrid
car.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090112/LA57633
 Logo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070905/LAW009LOGO )

The Fisker Karma can travel emission free for up to 50 miles on a full charge
from any 110-, 220- or 240-volt electric outlet.  A total range of up to 300
miles is estimated in Sport Mode, which utilizes the efficient Ecotec(R)
gasoline engine to turn a generator that powers two electric motors on the
rear differential.  The Karma can achieve an annual average of more than 100
miles per gallon with a top speed of 125 mph and a 0-60 mph time of 5.8
seconds

With a starting price of $87,900, 1,000 orders for the 100 mile-per-gallon
luxury plug-in hybrid have been received since the prototype debuted at the
2008 NAIAS.  Karma deliveries are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of
2009 through the Fisker Automotive Retail network.  

A complete press release, a selection of images and web-ready video can be
found online in the Press section of www.fiskerautomotive.com

    Media Contact:
    Russell Datz
    +1 714.888.4255
    +1 917.678.8038 mobile
    rdatz@fiskerautomotive.com


SOURCE  Fisker Automotive, Inc.

Russell Datz of Fisker Automotive, Inc., +1-714-888-4255, or +1-917-678-8038
mobile, rdatz@fiskerautomotive.com
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