Its not really about the Karma
Initial production of the Karma plug-in hybrid is sold out. So, if you desire a Karma or Sunset hybrid, you’ll have to wait until 2011, when Fisker will begin producing 15,000 of these vehicles per year.
But that isn’t really what Fisker is about.
By mid-2012, Fisker intends to use all of its Karma to begin production on Project Nina. Sure, that wouldn’t be very big news if Fisker was only planning on producing just 15-20,000 Nina hybrids.
But, again, that isn’t what Fisker is about. Instead, Fisker plans on producing 100,000 Nina plug-in hybrid vehicles.
100,000 vehicles with 50 miles of EV range and another 250 miles of hybrid range?! Are you kidding me? If Fisker can achieve that by mid-2012, it might just become the greatest automotive story ever.
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