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Fisker Automotive Press Release

Anticipation and excitement has grown at Fisker Automotive and with the general public wanting to see the production Karma. Today, Fisker Automotive unveiled the first factory built luxury plug-in Karma at the Paris Motor Show.

“This vehicle represents our goal of bringing an eco-friendly vehicle founded on the principals of ‘Pure Driving Passion’ to consumers around the world,” said CEO Henrik Fisker.

The message has always been clear – designing a beautiful vehicle utilizing innovative technology provides freedom to the driver, versus containment – fusing green technology with energy independence. It also involves an unwavering commitment to purity. When sourcing environmentally conscious and sustainable materials, if Fisker designers and engineers felt the existing technologies did not meet their exacting standards, they developed new, superior approaches that have resulted in several proprietary designs.

One of these unique technologies is the world’s largest continuous solar panel roof for an automobile. This beautiful, sculptural form captures the power of the sun to help power the Karma.

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This year’s 2010 Paris Motor Show will be the world debut of the first production Fisker Karma entirely built at the Valmet Automotive factory in Finland.

“We are very excited to be introducing the first factory-built Karma luxury plug-in hybrid in Paris, a city known for inspiring its own passions”, said Henrik Fisker.

Media reviews should start to appear shortly thereafter, now that the final production car will be ready.

Fisker hopes to produce 15,000 Karma models per year at the facility, and pilot production has already started. Fisker aims to eventually build 100,000 cars per year once production of the upcoming Nina model line begins in Delaware in a few years.

Details on Fisker’s European and Asian retail networks will be revealed at the show, along with European-market-specific promotional images.

The Fisker Automotive exhibit at the 2010 Paris Motor Show will be  placed next to Venturi and directly across from rival Tesla Motors.

More details are below in the official Fisker Press Release.

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