Fisker
Fisker, Inc is an electric vehicle company, founded by Henrik Fisker and Geeta Gupta-Fisker in 2016. As of 2024, Fisker has released one vehicle: the Fisker Ocean, an electric SUV. While Fisker received initial private investment, the company went public in 2020 through a reverse merge with a SPAC. The automaker filed for bankruptcy in June 2024.
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The fall of EV startup Fisker: A comprehensive timeline
Here is a timeline of the events that led fledgling automaker Fisker to file for bankruptcy.
Fisker failed because it wasn’t ready to be a car company
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Fisker Group Inc., the EV startup founded by famed designer Henrik Fisker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — a capstone to months of problems with its Ocean SUV that included…
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Inside EV startup Fisker’s collapse: how the company crumbled under its founders’ whims
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Fisker cuts hundreds of workers in bid to keep EV startup alive
Struggling EV startup Fisker has laid off hundreds of employees in a bid to stay alive, as it continues to search for funding, a buyout or prepare for bankruptcy. Workers…
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The U.S.’ NHTSA has opened a fourth investigation into the Fisker Ocean SUV, spurred by multiple claims of “inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking.”
Fisker stiffed the engineering firm developing its low-cost EV and pickup truck, lawsuit claims
Henrik Fisker stood on a stage last August and proudly debuted two prototypes designed to catapult his eponymous EV startup Fisker into the mainstream. There was the Pear, a low-cost…
EV startup Fisker Inc. is laying off more employees to “preserve cash,” one week after warning investors it would have to make cuts to stave off impending bankruptcy, according to…
Fisker plans more layoffs as cash dwindles and bankruptcy looms
Fisker says it’s planning more layoffs less than two months after cutting 15% of its workforce, as the EV startup scrambles to raise cash to stay alive. Fisker expects to…
Fisker’s Ocean SUV investigated for doors that won’t open
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a third investigation into EV startup Fisker’s Ocean SUV, this time centered on problems getting the doors to open. The NHTSA’s Office…
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Fisker enters into dumpster fire territory and Tesla chases FSD revenue
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Fisker lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments for months
Fisker temporarily lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments as it scaled up deliveries, leading to an internal audit that started in December and took months to complete,…
The exchange said Monday that Fisker’s stock is “no longer suitable for listing” because of “abnormally low” price levels.
Fisker loses potential Nissan deal, putting rescue funds at risk
The negotiations between Fisker and a large automaker — reported to be Nissan — over a potential investment and collaboration have been terminated, a development that puts a separate near-term…
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TechCrunch Mobility: The wheels are starting to come off the Fisker EV bus
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TechCrunch Minute: EV makers are struggling, and Fisker’s in a particularly precarious position
Fisker’s finances are back in the news after the company warned in February that it didn’t have enough cash to make it through its next year. The company said this…
EV startup Fisker is pausing production of its electric Ocean SUV for six weeks as it scrambles for a cash infusion. The company said in a Monday morning regulatory filing…
