Henrik Fisker brought a special guest along when he spoke at a luncheon in Ivine, CA. this week.  That guest was none other than the Fisker Karma. Just in the past couple of weeks many have seen the car doing the track run at Laguna Seca. However, very few have seen one out on the street. As we can see that is about to change. It appears that Fisker is getting much more comfortable with there currrent version of the production model. Many have questioned if the time has passed for such activities to begin. We say it couldn’t be better.

For the dozens of folks in attendance who saw the car live for the first time, there was a collective gasp of excitement for the car’s sleek lines and luxurious, leather-clad interior.

And this wasn’t just a static display. As the photo-hungry crowd still busily snapped away, Fisker quietly — no, silently — slipped away down the road, in a 400-horsepower luxury beast that he hopes will change the way we see green. Stay tuned for how this electrifying race plays out.

Attendees at the Orange County Forum Luncheon get their First Taste of Karma

Of course not one to give up an opportunity mans health Henrik also made time to talk about future production plans and that oh so meaningful DOE loan. As important as a successful launch of the Karma is to Fisker, having the cash to quickly ramp up development of a low cost model is even more.

While speaking at an Orange County Forum luncheon Wednesday in Irvine, Fisker not only showed off a running version of the Karma in person, but also spoke about the ideology of his company and even shed a little — but only a little — more info about another car that the company has in the works.

He said his private company has already received “well over $100 million” in venture capital, and hopes it can obtain a Department of Energy loan to spur production of its next car, which Fisker aims to sell in the $40,000 range.

Fisker declined to reveal what kind of car this lower-cost, higher-volume one would be, but the goal is to eventually make 100,000 units a year, and — unlike the Finnish-built Karma — for them to be made in the United States.

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[Source: OC Register]

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The stylish Karma, a plug-in gasoline hybrid, doesn't quite look like the quintessential eco car.

Even as Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Rolls-Royces prowled the avenue, the obscure silver sedan parked at the curb gathered its share of stares and curiosity.

The Fisker Karma, as it is called, has looks that rival a Mercedes-Benz roadster. Yet the key to what makes it different is emblazoned on the sides in chrome letters: Plug-in Hybrid.

The maker, Fisker Automotive, is trying to carve out a niche in what is fast anticonvulsant becoming a crowded field of next-generation electric vehicles: a high-performance eco-car loaded with style.

The company has taken more than 1,400 refundable deposits so far for the Karma, which has a starting price of $87,900 and can top $100,000. The car can be driven for 50 miles on electric power alone before its auxiliary gasoline engine fires up to generate more juice and extend the range to up to 300 miles. The engine never directly drives the wheels (sildenafil online/).

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The video has both English speaking parts and Danish. The good news is,  there are subtitles for the English parts. The bad news is, we don’t speak Danish. Here’s the translated lead in for the story:

Henrik Fisker challenged the traditional automobile industry. He goes another route with his super electric car that might become tomorrow’s car. We visited his studio in the U.S..

When Henrik Fisker was interviewed for jyskebank.tv. and the Danish imagineear.com/pharmacy/ automobile manufacturer has just been on the front of the renowned magazine Forbes Magazine. There is great interest in his theories, and all will see the Fisker Karma car.

Henrik Fisker was born in 1963 in Denmark, and is a leading designer and CEO of Fisker Coach Build. He has designed cars for Aston Martin and BMW.

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Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies (NASDAQ:QTWW) rose 8.4% and currently trades at $0.935 on a traded volume of 8.35 million shares. The stock opened at $0.92. On August 18, 2009, Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc announced that its affiliate company Fisker Automotive made its Karma PHEV’s driving debut over the weekend, just 19 months after being introduced as a concept. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc is a fully integrated alternative energy company, and a player in the development and production of propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles. The Company’s portfolio of technologies include electronic controls, hybrid electric drive systems, hydrogen storage and metering systems, and alternative fuel technologies that enable fuel efficient, low emission hybrid, plug-in electric hybrid, fuel cell and alternative fuel vehicles.

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The greening of the automobile presents a chance to reinvent the car business.

The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid is an intriguing vehicle. It is stunningly beautiful and comes with a host of compelling technologies, yet this 402-hp, 125-mph luxurious sports sedan will be priced at $87,900 when it arrives early next year, well below the less practical—and much ballyhooed—$110,950 Tesla electric roadster. But Henrik Fisker believes the reason his new company will succeed goes further than the Karma’s technology. Fisker weight loss Automotive will use a business model that differs from the auto industry’s formula of the past 100 years or so, whereby every new-model program now costs billions of dollars. “To build a car the old way,” says Fisker, “the venture capitalists wouldn’t put the money in because they want a quick return. We wanted to put all the money we raised into product development rather than building a factory.”

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[Source: Car and Driver]

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