Fisker Karma - Production and Delivery

Production and Delivery

The Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported that Fisker Automotive and Valmet Automotive reached an early agreement to manufacture the cars in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The Valmet factory located there currently produces Porsche Boxster and Cayman models (until 2012), and has previously produced various Saab models as well as some other cars. On November 13, 2008, the final assembly contract was signed by both parties.

In 2008 Fisker Automotive began accepting pre-orders in the US, and Europe and initially scheduled sales of its Karma PHEV by the fourth quarter of 2009 in the US, and starting in 2010 in Europe. In 2009 Henrik Fisker reported 1,300 orders for the Karma. Henrik Fisker showed the first production model Karma at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

After re-scheduling the Karma launch to September 2010, and missing its target to build 70 to 100 test cars in 2010, production began in July 2011, and the two first deliveries took place in the United States during the same month. The Valmet plant in Finland began production with five cars a week. By December 2011 the production rate was 25 units a day. In July 2011, Fisker stated that it had received 3,000 pre-orders and that the plug-in hybrid was sold out until early 2012. Deliveries to retail customers in the U.S. began in November 2011. In the United States the first vehicles were sold for US$95,900 for the basic model, and US$109,850 for the top model. In December 2011 prices were raised to US$102,000 for the basic model, and US$116,000 for the top model. By March 2012 a total of 2,000 Karmas have been produced.

Fisker reported that around 2,000 units have been delivered in the U.S. and Europe by October 2012. A total of 183 units were sold in Europe through October 2012. The Netherlands is the top selling European market for the Karma with 140 units sold through December 2012, representing 75% of the region sales.