IMHO, also complicit in this sorry story are all the journalists who were flown to California to drive the Ocean around for a few hours, and who then put out positive to glowing reviews. Don't know if they had to sign agreements stating that they would not give negative feedback in order to access the review cars; if so, this should have been stated. As it was, one had to "read between the lines" pretty carefully to understand that the Ocean had significant problems.
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EV maker Fisker says it may go out of business
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I've just seen people complain about it, like Out Of Spec. (They leased a VinFast for one of their staff members and chronicled the experience on YouTube.)
ScoobyDoo82
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My neighbor took delivery of one of the first Ocean’s in SoCal.
The car is weird. Software is laggy. The key fob never works, the buttons for “California Mode” don’t always work.
The car drives fine and has plenty of power, but driving dynamics are a little quirky.
Overall, I believe that it’s way too overpriced (he paid over $75k I think).
I would t be surprised if Fisker eventually goes BK. The only thing that made this car worth any salt is that it is manufactured by the same company that makes the G Wagon for MBZ. So the build quality is quite nice. But as well built as the car is, whomever designed the software should never handle a keyboard and mouse ever again.
The car is weird. Software is laggy. The key fob never works, the buttons for “California Mode” don’t always work.
The car drives fine and has plenty of power, but driving dynamics are a little quirky.
Overall, I believe that it’s way too overpriced (he paid over $75k I think).
I would t be surprised if Fisker eventually goes BK. The only thing that made this car worth any salt is that it is manufactured by the same company that makes the G Wagon for MBZ. So the build quality is quite nice. But as well built as the car is, whomever designed the software should never handle a keyboard and mouse ever again.
voyager
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He will feel bad as Fisker just announced spectacular discounts.
Fisker slashes MSRPs of Ocean trims by tens of thousands as it fights to stay in business
Fisker Inc. is continuing a trying month of March as it claws at the hole it has found itself in,...
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He will feel bad as Fisker just announced spectacular discounts.
Fisker slashes MSRPs of Ocean trims by tens of thousands as it fights to stay in business
Fisker Inc. is continuing a trying month of March as it claws at the hole it has found itself in,...
ocean sport at $24k makes sense...
And who knows what happens to the cars when their back-end services/servers go down.
voyager
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The electric-car maker faced difficulty keeping track of down payments on its cars,
as well as full payments from some customers, and in "a few cases" Fisker even
delivered some of its EVs without receiving any form of payment.
www.businessinsider.nl
as well as full payments from some customers, and in "a few cases" Fisker even
delivered some of its EVs without receiving any form of payment.
Fisker reportedly temporarily misplaced millions of dollars in payments for its EVs
Fisker reportedly temporarily misplaced millions of dollars worth of customer payments.The issue made it difficult for Fisker to accurately report its
www.businessinsider.nl
Outsourcing for custom software that's core to your product is usually a bad move.
What was the business plan if they're running out of money before ramping up to large production numbers? Were they planning to issue more stock but couldn't after the stock tanked?
What was the business plan if they're running out of money before ramping up to large production numbers? Were they planning to issue more stock but couldn't after the stock tanked?
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Not looking good. Fisker Ocean reservation cancellations top 40,000 as the EV company tries to fight off bankruptcy, leaked data shows
Somebody in my part of town owns a silver one. I've seen it three or four times. Overall, I like the appearance, but I'm guessing the owner is not too thrilled.
Somebody in my part of town owns a silver one. I've seen it three or four times. Overall, I like the appearance, but I'm guessing the owner is not too thrilled.
MKBHD has done a quick re-review of the Fisker Ocean with the 2.0 software update. (Which can't be done OTA, they have to have a tech install it.)
Somethings have been improved.
Somethings have been improved.
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