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Karma Automotive SC2. The Karma SC2 Concept is a scissor-doored working fully electric sports car concept. It was unveiled on the eve of the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show. [33] It was named 2020's Concept Car of the Year by Robb Report in their "Best of Best" issue. [34]
In 2018, Karma announced a limited production high-end package, the Karma Revero Aliso, named after the California beach, that adds $15,000 to the price of the car, resulting with a $145,000 starting price car, with a limited run of 15 units. [10] In 2019, an updated version, the Karma Revero GT, was revealed, using a three-cylinder 1.5 liter ...
In August 2019, the American company Drako Motors presented its first series vehicle in the form of an electric full-size luxury sedan. [1]The GTE is based on the Karma Revero GT model (a derivative of the Fisker Karma). [2]
The Fisker Karma was revealed at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. [21] It was the first car from Fisker Automotive, a then new auto maker based in Anaheim, California, founded on September 5, 2007.
[28] [29] On September 24, 2020, Fisker opened a new technology center in San Francisco, to be a focal point for the development of the company's software and vehicle electronics. [30] On October 14, 2020, Fisker announced its new global headquarters will be located in Manhattan Beach in Los Angeles County, California. [31]
The first car to be designed by Fisker Automotive was the Fisker Karma, a hybrid sports sedan. [19] [20] The Karma was the only car by Fisker to ever be produced. [2] In 2009, Fisker displayed the company's second model, the Karma Sunset, a two-door retractable-hardtop convertible based on the regular Karma.
Driving.co.uk ranked it #14 on their list of the 23 ugliest cars ever made, [136] Auto Express ranked it #5 on their list of the ten ugliest cars ever made, [137] and Drive.com.au included in their article on the worst cars of the 20th century, calling it "one of the silliest-looking cars of the century".
Fisker used to save significant development costs by using pre-engineered components developed by other car companies whenever possible, such as the door handle mechanism which was a General Motors part; Fisker Automotive just paid a royalty to GM for each door handle in the Karma, which was much cheaper than designing its own door handles. [38]