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Published: Wed, 28 Oct 2009
Description: Fisker Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker gives Fox Car Report the latest news on his company's growing lineup of plug-in hybrid cars
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" The name of the company mr. automotive the -- with me and mr. CEO and founder of the company could see yet it's -- so. You that the -- the first by the -- it is production yet you're talking about. -- project Nina it's pretty confident the -- is going to be."
" We're very competent to seeing all the orders that we have had on the collaborated we have already signed up 45 dealers and the US. Which are actually -- currently many dealerships that they can expand very easily we have settled on importers -- European importers here today. We -- signing up in Florida's world -- everybody who sees his vehicle realizes. That this is the future because the first environmentally friendly vehicle was no compromise for the consumer. Over a hundred miles a gallon back to drive less than fifty miles a day. You don't need to fill -- this car once a year."
" Now the cars or plug in series hybrids -- battery powered cars to carry on board. Yeah possible internal combustion and the right electricity. When the battery goes right that you're there have been saying the -- go about fifty miles on charge and then beyond that you might get about 67 mile per gallon combined rating."
" That's right numbers. Yet it really depends on how you driving obviously I guess at before most 80% of Americans drive less than fifty miles today. So most people would not have to actually fill up discovered gas use gas on the daily commute. But the cars about freedom we all like to go as far as you want whenever we want. And the point little plug in hybrid -- and electric cars. You can go you know from the east coast the west coast thousands of miles keep on filling up the -- using the gas stations but the -- market in the home. And one of those reasons that we see this being a huge. Success in the world does not only because technology but pulses design of the vehicle we have designed this vehicle. So look. More expensive than it really is most people who bought the card already actually thought it was a vehicle that possibly over a 100000 dollars. It's 80000 dollars we did not try to. -- cheap garbage right to bring out a very high technology advanced car that compete with other luxury cars in the eighty to 90000 dollars segment. Of course we make the karma. The reason is showing this project today than Nina is because we immediately worked on getting this. Technology down in price and we have come up now with a final concept where we're getting the project need to. In a in a vehicle really that is 39900. Dollars we of course -- manufacturing plant in the US we have received the department alone. So a net loan of course everything has to be used in the US."
" Now the -- uses it to leader to returns four cylinder engine provided by generals once you buy that from General Motors actually use that same engine to build cars here. Are you getting to the point where it's more than just a customer relationship with General Motors is there any technology transfer kernel actual property sharing going on between your project and maybe the Chevy Volt."
" No there's no technology transferable we have always had a very good -- General Motors Bob lots I've been a great support -- since we started. And I think is also the fact that we're not really competing with General Motors -- a different segment that we are appealing to a different -- a customers passivity was Pacific -- We're in the premium segment. You may one day make it's when he 5000 dollar car but it will be a premium car is a different type of customers we make various party. -- sure is looking cars. So again -- we are working closely with GM but does not really technology transfer."
" I haven't shown us the Nina but instead it's going to be it's an even 50000 dollar or 4050000 dollars depending on the tax credit. It's going to be a little more mainstream know what can you tell us about the type of car that's gonna."
" Well using mainstream automatically because his 40000 dollars but it won't look main street that's going to be -- very exciting radical design. Ivy -- just showed it to them to the vice president of the United States of America and he said it looks like a four door Ferrari I can't believe it's only going to be 40000. And that's really the whole my dear this is gonna motives about we wanna bring excitement and passion for cars. Back. You know we -- really got used to that because the cars 40000 dollars has to be boring. And has to be called the family confident with -- can be exciting this'll be an exciting beautiful car that gets over a hundred miles per gallon this."
" Sports event is smaller than less expensive than a car that's correct. I noticed that the vice president mentioned he'd be selling building sedans coupes and crossovers that this plan is their plan expanding it to the other thing."
" It's while he does and it's so what are we have product brands are so I guess we gonna have to go to live up to this now. You know the way we develop our cars to make it efficient we are really having a different development process and a normal car company. Has a lot of analysts like to point out you know -- that we can't make it because you're only going on a thousand cars well we do did it develop our cars and a different way. We development in the beginning in mind to have at least three derivatives on one platform. In a very efficient cost efficient way so yet there will be different the derivatives of the four door sedan."
" Real quick doling out that the company's driven the -- yet of you have shown in public -- rhetoric from the due to -- raceway. As far as the operation of the extended range electric power trade. But the driver had any control over whether or not it's using the battery or the engine to provide power where's the car just gonna go fifty miles and then switch over to gasoline powered motor."
" Well first we haven't had an image on the -- is we don't wanna show this to -- competition too early so we're gonna wait till the last minute to do that. Yes but that's the unique thing about specifically that this could comment on technology can change between stealth -- was electric. And sport -- blitzes the generator engaged so what you're able to do is able to save your battery if your friends and going. Out on the freeway and then arriving in the city which may have an admission free zone are we would like to going quietly about having an emissions you can shift back into stealth mode. And taxi driver around electric and also ten. Manually adjust the regenerative braking so when you go down a mountain or hill you can increase regenerative braking. Which means -- recapture energy while actually going down the mountains are you charging the battery. While you're going down this mountain. Well performance be different and electric and internal combustion. There's no difference in terms of the performance when he out of electric mode but there's a difference in performance when you switch between stealth and sports board means. You can go. We limit the tough beating electric tonight if I'm miles an hour but it's -- Gupta 125 miles now if you can find a place to does that. And the battery just runs -- I'm not gonna notice that could drop in power when it switches over -- the question that's correct and I'm gonna -- power and how much of that power train is gonna come into the in the well. The comic well a trip obviously as the first plug -- hybrid. Vehicle in the world. And what we learned from the group. On the karma is really where we are going to take costs out for the Nina the Nina wallets and will be quite different because it will be the next generation. He'll be much more packets efficient which is while even though the -- and smaller. It actually left slightly more space on the karma because we have found new ways to back is different things we've been able to make converters smaller. Electric -- smaller it's better it's better. So obviously Nino will be the next generation -- and mr. CEO this sort of over the phone to the -- to drive that currently there."
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