Henrik Fisker has had a passion for designing automobiles since he graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Vevey, Switzerland, in 1989. Later that year, he became a designer for BMW before moving to Ford and Aston Martin in 2001. In 2005, he created a newfor high-end automobiles before joining Tesla in 2007, where he was involved in designing the Model S.
The loan facility was frozen at $192 million in February 2012 after the DOE claimed that Fisker missed its milestones. According to the DOE, the government recouped a total of approximately $53 million months before assets of Fisker Automotive were sold to China’s Wanxiang for $149.2 million. Thedescribed the company as the “Solyndra of the electric car industry” and a “debacle.”
The more limited alliance removes certain restrictions and has opened the door for Nissan to develop growth plans in areas such as EVs and software independent of Renault, said one of the sources who is familiar with Nissan’s thinking, before adding that Nissan is pursuing “many, many opportunities.” That’s usually what people say when they have no prospects and are at their wit’s end. Fisker also said Thursday it was in talks with a debt holder about a potential investment.