Did You Know That GM Owns Part of Fisker?

If you’re a regular reader of TTAC, one of the Best & the Brightest, you probably know that the Fisker Karma’s range extender is a 2.0 liter turbo Ecotec engine supplied by General Motors. What you probably don’t know is that GM’s relationship with Fisker goes beyond that of a vendor and a customer. That’s because GM owns part of Fisker. Okay, technically speaking General Motors owns a minority interest in a company that was once Fisker’s majority owner and that still holds an equity stake in the startup EV maker. Regardless of the details, that still counts as GM having an interest in Fisker’s success or failure.

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  • Rna65689660 For Los Angeles, this is super cheap housing. For it surely will be not going anywhere very often. Park it at Wallyworld for 3 days, then move to the next lot.
  • MaintenanceCosts This is half a car, because half the time it will be in the shop.
  • Mm3 ^^^ Sounds like a bunch of dudes who have never owned a Land Rover/Range Rover
  • 2ACL The seller is opting out of the 200,000 mile overhaul, and so should anyone else whose wrenching proficiency isn't seasoned dealership tech-level at a minimum. I can't think of an appropriate use for this other than a left-field choice for an overlanding rig project. There's already an expectation of spending lots of money on one, and some of the potentially troublesome systems like the air suspension will be addressed, if not discarded outright.
  • FreedMike Sounds like an excellent way to waste a ton of money.