Fisker Atlantic Idea in the New York Auto Show
Rabu, 04 April 2012 by Android Blackberry
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Appears like: A smaller sized Karma with a household focus
Defining characteristics: Familiar Fisker lines, 22-inch wheels, folding backseat
Ridiculous capabilities: No timetable, no price tag, few drivetrain specifics and no factory in which to create it
Opportunity of being mass-produced: The intention is 100%; only the company's considerable challenges call the model's future into query
Fisker Automotive, the company behind the Karma range-extended electric car, has ultimately given shape and a name for the much more affordable car or truck heretofore known as Project Nina: The Atlantic appeared on the eve on the 2012 New York auto show as a concept. The company's co-founder and designer Henrik Fisker mentioned the model is 90% into its development cycle. If the Karma is any indication, the true thing will appear pretty much specifically like this concept, though Fisker says the interior are going to be changed substantially.
From its front-end design to its 22-inch wheels, the Atlantic is an clear Karma sibling, though the firm says it doesn't share the $102,000 luxury car's platform. Lighter and roughly the size of an Audi A6, the Atlantic is meant to be more very affordable and mass-marketable, though the firm is mum on a timetable and pricing. Initially, Project Nina was expected to go on sale in 2013 priced at about $50,000 to $60,000, a affordable range to compete with all the Tesla Model S, for which competitor Tesla has similar objectives.
Fisker has revealed tiny about this model's drivetrain except to say it mirrors the Karma in principle; it is a series hybrid that delivers a limited electric-only range just before a gas-powered generator fires up to preserve the car going. The rear-wheel-drive vehicle also adds an all-wheel-drive choice. Fisker says this second-generation powertrain will drive its generator with a four-cylinder gas engine from BMW.
When this four-door is noticeably smaller sized than the Karma, the roofline is higher, and "spider" cross-bracing leaves only a glass roof above the rear passengers for additional headroom. Its backseat is stated to become roomier, and the battery pack that runs by way of the middle of the cabin appears to be a bit lower. The trunk can also be bigger, along with the rear seats fold forward - a rarity among hybrid and battery-powered sedans.
Even though it really is been knocked down a couple of occasions by high-profile setbacks, Fisker appears to be adept at getting back up. Battery supplier A123 Systems has taken responsibility - and is footing the bill - to get a recall to replace the battery packs on 2012 models, some of which have failed totally. In March, on account of Project Nina delays, the U.S. Department of Energy froze payments to Fisker from a $529 million loan. Then, just days before the Atlantic concept's introduction, the company announced having raised $392 million in private funding. Now Fisker is re-evaluating whether or not the Atlantic will be built at a former GM plant in Wilmington, Del. "We're nonetheless looking at Wilmington as our main decision suitable now," said Fisker's not too long ago appointed CEO Tom LaSorda. "I usually look for other options."
