Fisker Automotive, which makes plug-in hybrid electric cars, is reportedly undergoing major layoffs, reported GigaOm.
The list of the Obama Administration's industrial policy failures is long, from Solyndra to Fisker Automotive.
According to the Detroit Free Press, Fisker also laid off its public relations staff.
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Ewanick has been working with Fisker as a marketing consultant for several weeks, the company said.
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To achieve that, Fisker may well need to partner with a large automobile company.
This week brought further embarrassment for a Kleiner-backed and taxpayer-subsidized project called Fisker Automotive.
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In the case of the Fisker Karma, we get a true MPGe of 19.
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Poor sales have dogged the electric Ford Focus, Chevy Volt and Fisker Karma as well.
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These join the luxury-oriented limited-production Tesla Model S all-electric and Fisker Karma extended-range electric sedans.
He will pursue strategic partnerships to share Fisker Automotive technology and create manufacturing alliances.
Henrik Fisker, the co-founder of EV maker Fisker Automotive, has resigned his post as executive chairman.
Fisker, an electric-car maker, is currently not making any cars due to various design and production problems.
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But it's not clear where Kleiner will generate green home runs to offset struggling firms like Fisker.
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Electric car makers such as Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive began to attract huge venture capital investments.
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Fisker, an expert in design, founded the company with Bernhard Koehler, current chief operating officer of the company.
Fisker's inability to catch a break is matched only by its vehicles' worrying reliability record.
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Anyway, I took a Fisker Karma out to Montauk one Friday morning for four days of rejuvenation.
Company co-founder, CEO and executive design director and namesake, Henrik Fisker, was riding shotgun in the anticipated EV.
We at Fisker believe that an EV with extended range gives the customer the choice of uncompromised responsible luxury.
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LaSorda, who took over as CEO for company founder Hendrik Fisker, held the job for less than six months.
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Mr Fisker made his name in the motor industry as a designer, working for Aston Martin, BMW and Ford.
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Fisker had originally planned to sell 15, 000 Karmas in 2012, but then ratcheted down its projections to 10, 000.
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Fisker was supposed to be producing cars this year at an old General Motors-United Auto Workers plant in Delaware.
And there are the pure plays as well, such as Fisker and Tesla.
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Fisker also has had to carry out recalls to fix various problems.
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Fisker Automotive can't seem to catch break -- because its Karma hybrid EV sedan has yet again become too hot.
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A123 secured contracts to sell batteries to electric car makers such as Think Global from Norway and California-based Fisker.
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In August, a Fisker Karma vehicle caught fire in a parking lot in California, thanks to a defective cooling fan.
Fisker Automotive said in May it had delivered 1, 000 Karmas to customers globally since the plug-in hybrid went on sale.
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