Karma Automotive is pleased to confirm that the 2012 Karma sedan has received emission certification and fuel economy ratings from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), allowing the company’s dealers to begin selling the car to customers immediately in most states.
As the first luxury sports sedan on the market with a range-extended electric powertrain, the Karma creates an alluring class of its own. It blends supercar performance and luxury with a tailpipe CO2 output that is comparable with today’s conventional compact hybrid cars.
The EPA – with its newly formulated methodology for rating electric vehicles - found that, when running in electric mode, the Fisker Karma sedan achieves the energy equivalent of 52 miles per gallon city/highway combined. The Karma sedan’s 52 MPGe is close to the Obama administration’s mandate of an industry average goal of 54.5 mpg by 2025, demonstrating that Fisker Automotive’s Electric Vehicle with extended range (EVer™) powertrain technology clearly represents the future for the automotive industry. The Karma’s all-electric range is about 32 miles as prescribed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Karma’s Automotive is pleased to confirm that the Karma sedan has received emission certification. Moreover and fuel economy ratings from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Thereby allowing the company’s dealers to begin selling the car to customers immediately in most states.
As the first luxury sports sedan on the market with a range-extended electric powertrain. For the Karma creates an alluring class of its own. It blends supercar performance and luxury with a tailpipe CO2 output. All that is comparable with today’s conventional compact hybrid cars.
The EPA – with its newly formulated methodology for rating electric vehicles – found that, when running in electric mode, the Karma sedan achieves the energy equivalent of 52 miles per gallon city/highway combined. The Karma sedan’s 52 MPGe is close to the Obama administration’s mandate of an industry average goal of 54.5 mpg by 2025, demonstrating that Fisker Automotive’s Electric Vehicle with extended range (EVer™) powertrain technology clearly represents the future for the automotive industry.
The Karma’s all-electric range is about 32 miles as prescribed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
As with all electric vehicles, range varies greatly on the conditions of the road and how you drive the car. For they firmly believe that most owners will get up to 50 miles of driving range on a single charge and will use our electric-only mode most of the time they drive the car, thereby running on zero emissions. Overall, we are very pleased with the results of EPA’s tests. The Karma is a groundbreaking product with a unique powertrain.”
Source: Fisker Karma For more information, please visit http://media.fiskerautomotive.com
Anaheim, California USA – October 18, 2011
The Green Living Guy, Seth Leitman is an independent power producer, a green living expert, and Editor of the McGraw-Hill, TAB Green Guru Guides. Seth is also an Author, Radio Host, Reporter, Writer and an Environmental Consultant on green living. The Green Living Guy writes about green living, green lighting, the green guru guides and more. Seth's books range from:
# Build Your Own Electric Vehicle by Bob Brant and Seth Leitman (2nd and 3rd editions)
# Build Your Own Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle by Seth Leitman
# Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle by Carl Vogel
# Green Lighting by Seth Leitman, Brian Clark Howard and Bill Brinsky
# Solar Power For Your Home by David Findley
# Renewable Energies For Your Home by Russel Gehrke
# Do-it-Yourself Home Energy Audits by David Findley
# Build Your Own Small Wind Power System by Brian Clark Howard and Kevin Shea
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