Fisker_Atlantic
Fisker Atlantic
Motor vehicle
The Fisker Atlantic is a plug-in hybrid concept car first shown to the public at the New York International Auto Show in April 2012.[2] Produced by the American car manufacturer Fisker Automotive, it was to be a smaller addition to the range to sit below the Fisker Karma.[3]
The Atlantic was scheduled to become Fisker Automotive's second production car, after plans to produce the Fisker Surf and Sunset variants of its full-size Karma were shelved earlier in 2012. Production was initially scheduled to begin by the end of 2012 at Wilmington Assembly, a former General Motors plant in Wilmington, Delaware. By October 2012, the carmaker decided to postpone production for late 2014 or 2015 due to financial constraints,[4] but following Fisker's bankruptcy and subsequent purchase by Wanxiang, possible production of the Atlantic was postponed to the end of 2017.[5]
Originally called "Project Nina",[6] the Atlantic shares the range-extender system from the larger Karma, which employs a petrol engine that can be turned on to generate electricity to recharge the batteries and power the electric drive motors. A four-cylinder BMW petrol engine serves this role in the Atlantic. The Atlantic is rear-wheel drive, with the option of four-wheel drive.
Similar in design to the Karma, the Atlantic is a 4-door, 4-seat sedan with C-pillar door handles and it is a D-segment sedan.[7] Although the details are not finalized, Fisker has compared the vehicle to the Audi A5 and BMW 335i in terms of size and price range.[8] The expected all-electric range is 30 mi (48 km).[9]
