Fisker already working on lower-cost vehicle to rival Volt, Model S

While Fisker Automotive isn't making too much of a stir at the New York Auto Show this week, it is scheming to deliver a vehicle that will purportedly compete with Chevrolet's Volt and Tesla's Model S. 'Course, it should probably look to get its Karma onto US streets before it starts looking too far ahead, but you won't find us kvetching about the promise of a lower cost plug-in hybrid. Company spokesman Russell Datz insinuated that the outfit was jonesing to release a model that would be priced somewhere below its Karma ($87,900) and above the Volt (around $40,000) and Model S (somewhere in the $50,000s), though it wasn't close enough to production to hit the show floor of any expos in 2009. Oh, what a tease.

[Via AutoblogGreen]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 4:36PM]

Race to the bottom! Hopefully this will lead to us finally having electric cars...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 6:42PM]

This one is going to be tested by the city of Vancouver and BC Hydro late this year:

http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/special/ev/index.html

The Mitsubishi MiEV is a highway-capable pure-electric car. I saw it in person at the Vancouver International Auto Show on the weekend. It looks kind of like a Smart, so it doesn't have the coolness factor of some of the other concepts, but it will probably be sold in Canada within a year or so--which can't be said for the Volt or the Fisk.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 4:48PM]

No way they will be able to compete with the volt in price.

[nelagster Posted Apr 9th 2009 4:54PM]

yeah the Volt's concept is really amazing. Never fill up on day to day stuff but on long trips, it's back to good ole gasoline. I think the only downfall is it lacks lots of power that us Americans have learned to love and cherish

[LMLYP Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:02PM]

i was just listening to NPR. 20 minute long discussion of X Prize and its participants. I really cant wait till these cars get down to affordable prices.

[Grabbydad Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:03PM]

I wish electric cars would get away from the grill in the front. By making the nose of the car flush and more aerodynamic, they could cut drag significantly. Making the car go faster, handle better, and get more miles per charge.

[voicekiller Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:40PM]

The Fisker has an engine up there that it needs to cool.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:23PM]

You still have to cool down the motor(s) and all the electronics. Just because there's no engine doesn't mean it doesn't get hot.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 6:52PM]

i think they know a little more than grabbydad from engadget about what the car does and doesn't need.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:11PM]

VOLT!!!! FTW!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:48PM]

That car in the picture looks like sex on wheels. But the Tesla roadster looks pretty nice too. I have been privileged enough to see one in person.

[Farris Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:50PM]

I agree with you on the Fisker, but I'm not a fan of the Tesla. The front end looks too much like a 300ZX for me.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:58PM]

I saw one in person a few weeks back at the Starbucks Corporate Center... I'm figuring it was probably Howard Schultz's because there is only like...100 of them on the streets right now. But it looked so clean. I was impressed. And jealous. I think it has to be seen in person to full grasp it.

[TIMMAH Posted Apr 9th 2009 6:16PM]

How about you finish what's on your plate first before asking for a second helping...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 6:32PM]

Wait so they first said they weren't competing with Tesla, but now they say they are or will?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 7:18PM]

Joker did an excellent job designing this car.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2009 1:24AM]

Major car companies should be very scared

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 10th 2009 8:17AM]

i like pretty much this entire car... and have ever since i first saw it.

until i saw the front end.

i just can't shake the stupid looking Guy Fawkes mask look to it.