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Electric Car." He writes this article to counter the debate around electric-car-maker Fisker
Automotive, who halted production, laid off most of its employees, missed a federal loan payment ... vice chairman (and former electric-car-basher) Bob Lutz. Having driven both the
Fisker and its main start-up rival Tesla, I found both to have the feel of toys ... afford an electric car.
At $102,000, the base price of a 2012 Fisker Karma was clearly beyond the reach of most drivers.
Tesla, too, was critiqued for the assumptions
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2013-05-0525p12,130w
Electric Car."* He
writes this article to counter the debate around electric-car-maker Fisker
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Automotive, who halted production, laid off most of its employees ... vice chairman (and former
electric-car-basher) Bob Lutz. Having driven both the Fisker and its main
start-up rival Tesla, I found both to have the feel of toys ... afford an electric car.*
At $102,000, the base price of a 2012 Fisker Karma was clearly beyond the
reach of most drivers. Tesla, too, was critiqued for the assumptions
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01758290.pdf
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greentechrnedia:
Top Ten Greentech VC Deals of 2012
GreatPoint Energy and Fisker
Automotive win the largest VC rounds in
2012.
Eric Wesoff: January 2, 2013
Epic-sized VC rounds were ... Capital Advisors, Peabody Energy,
ATV, SunCor and AES.
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2. Fisker Automotive: Fisker raised $380 million from KPCB, NEA, Advanced Equities, et al. for a total
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00598426.pdf
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have been sold so far
• After receiving a $529mm loan from the US government, Fisker developed and built the Karma in Finland. its battery failed
during the Consumer Reports test ... drive, and Fisker subsequently recalled all of its 2012 Karma batteries
• A123 Systems, Inc., maker of the recalled lithium-ion battery used in the Karma and recipient of a $249mm
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exactly a VC investor, but GreatPoint is certainly a VC-funded startup.)
2. Fisker Automotive: Fisker raised $380 million from KPCB, NEA, Advanced Equities, et al. for a total ofmore
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00951257.pdf