2010 Fisker Karma Plug-In Hybrid Sports Car
The Fisker Karma Hybrid Sports Car
Fisker Automotive, Inc., the new American manufacturer of premium ‘green’ cars, unveiled its first production car — the 2010 Fisker Karma Plug-In Hybrid.
With a starting price of $87,900.00, one thousand orders for the 100 mile-per-gallon luxury plug-in hybrid sports car have been received since the prototype debuted at the 2008 NAIAS.
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Tags: Fisker Automotive, green cars, Karma, Plug-in Hybrid, sports car
svdpsy
This sounds like an intelligent bunch. Can one of you tell me why recharging can’t work off a dynamo system like on a bike light kind of arrangement?
sintetsu
100mpg is pretty good. an all electric car like the tesla takes 12 hours to charge and only goes about 150-200 miles. This car keeps going on just a sip of fuel.
LordSamuelJ
True, Americans take road trips, but not so often these days. With the price of gas, most people r more concerned about affording the trip to work and back. I don’t think the change to an electric would be to great for Americans to accept. After all, many people accepted the Prius even if it is a new technology and part electric (not to mention ugly as hell). I think most are too concerned about gas prices to really care about what they drive as long as it is cheap to operate.
njfife
Right now Americans have a cheap option that works, and everyone understands, I think the change would be too hard, and not enough would be willing to “maybe” have fuel for their car for the next 20 years, that was not the case back then, there was no option as good as gas cars. The reality is that most Americans WANT clean options, but function and price tend to win. That is my opinion.
njfife
Lots of Americans drive on road trips, why shoot yourself in the foot? With a plugin hybrid you can never use gas until the day you need to drive 700 miles, for you this car is perfect.
chelsea4life11
What do you have to say about the European car makers then? They’re supposed to be ’superior’….
LordSamuelJ
You know, the same statement was also said about early gasoline cars. Time and technology was the answer to that.
LordSamuelJ
lol I never drive 300 miles in any given day. The most I ever drive is 15 miles. The EV1 could drive 90 miles between charges and that was with the old style lead acid type batteries. That car was built in the 1990s and since our battery technology has advanced considerably. The reason why we have hybrid cars is because the US is basically owned and ran by the oil business.
njfife
Also, they are the future because they are cheaper. Being “green” is not it. They also have more potential for performance than even gas. The limiting factor is battery power. We need a way to charge a car in under 30 min, and not destroy the life of the battery. Also, there actually IS an all electric Sport car; it is call the Tesla, 3.7 sec 0-60 with a 200 mile range when driving calm. Tesla is now profitable, so there IS some demand. It is a very fun car, but it is only fun, not practical.
njfife
The problem with an ALL electric car is reality. How are you going to drive 700 miles in your all electric car? Stop every 300 miles for a day? You forget to charge your car and need to go to work in the morning, what do you do? Hybrids let us get the good from both. Since the car runs off an electric motor charged by gas it will be easy to replace that power source with something better in the future, like hydrogen, without a major change that has to happen all at once. Hybrids are the future.
LordSamuelJ
Why can’t they just make an all electric car?? These hybrids are worthless. I do like the look of this one, but common… enough with hybrids! I want something that I don’t have to put gas in at all!
Fiskertalk
This car uses oil too. If the batteries are dead the GM motor kicks in.
FordMazda3
What, and get stuck a hundred miles from anywhere. I will take my oil thank you.
sjwhite73
I don’t like hybrids.. you have to go full electric like Tesla so we can stick it to the oil barons
trekgeek1
Yes, that is a good point. Though for all their problems, Li-ion batteries are still the best choice given their energy density and superior weight advantage over other battery compositions. This is true for today. As for tomorrow… I don’t know if they will be the best. Engineering the anodes may resolve the issue of not charging/discharging completely. Another possibility is that increased capacity will render that argument moot. Thanks for the civil reply, have a good day.
3089280288
The problem with litium ion batteries is that you have to carry twice the capacity that will never be used so it can last longer (unlike a cell phone). Other wise, if you use more than 50-70% of its charge all the time, they won’t last 100k miles.
coooltms
Wow, talking about something really Green~
trekgeek1
They have promised that batteries will last 100,000 miles before a reduction in performance. After that you will see reduced performance but they will be functional. Researchers believe battery capacity can be doubled or tripled based on current technology not counting nano engineering and new air anodes. Within a decade, the cost of a replacement battery will be cheaper than a transmission replacement, engine rebuild and combustion engine maintenance that you require now. Electric is the future