I saw a Fisker Karma in the wild for the first time last week, cruising up Ocean dr in South Beach. It's a big and heavy car and if this analysis is correct, probably not as thoroughly engineered as it should be.
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Expert: Fisker Karma's engine packaging, not batteries, likely caused fire
LOS ANGELES — A garage fire last week in suburban Houston has been linked to a Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid, but the company quickly noted that the battery remained intact and unplugged — and did not…
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Unfortunate, I hope the Model S proves to be much more reliable than Fisker's offering.
It would be hard not to be more reliable than Fisker's Karma. The Model S is a much better design and performs very well. Once we see production cars shipping (next month) we can start evaluating the real world behavior of Tesla's Model S.