Fisker eMotion Gets Full Unveil At CES – 0-60 MPH In Under 3 Seconds, Range Over 400 Miles Henrik Fisker is back, and has officially launched the all-electric EMotion at CES. Looks beautiful to my eye, but I'm still unconvinced about its ability to a) arrive in 2019 (or 2020, for that matter), b) achieve level 4 autonomy when it is produced.
I admire Fisker's ambitions and design sensibilities, but his last EV project didn't persevere in the marketplace, so it's hard to say how far this one will go. It's certainly beautiful. Time will tell.
If you read the comments in that piece, you'll find lots of cynicism. While understandable, I personally think his chances are much better with this all-electric approach than the Karma PHEV. The system is inherently easier to implement and he's had the experience of starting an auto company now, so he should benefit from the lessons taught by the failures of the first project.
Well, it's certainly true that it should be easier to engineer a reliable BEV powertrain than a reliable PHEV powertrain, because the PHEV uses two very different powertrains which must be seamlessly integrated. However, given the notoriously large number of problems, both electrical/electronic and mechanical, with Fisker's previous car, the Fisker Karma, it certainly seems to be prudent to be highly skeptical that this new car is going to be reliable. For example, to be snarky, those rear doors leave one yearning for the elegant simplicity of the Tesla Model S falcon-wing doors! Yes, it looks very nice. A lot of people think the Fisker Karma looks nice, too. (I'm not one of them, but to each his own.) The question is whether this car will perform as well as it looks, or whether that slick-looking exterior design is just lipstick on a pig. Still, I say good luck to Fisker in his new endeavor. We should at least admire his persistence, his refusal to give up! -
I read in a website that Mr. Fisker is also hoping that, by 2023 there would be a battery that can deliver a rage of more that 500 miles and can be charged within one minute. If that is the case then the end of the ICE vehicles (passenger cars) in not too far away. Source : https://jalopnik.com/fiskers-new-electric-car-bet-will-come-down-to-the-batt-1821999754/amp
Yeah, we wrote about this Fisker flexible solid state battery >here<. There are a number of efforts to make a solid-state battery, many with great claims about both energy and power density. Just need one to be commercialized to change the world.
I certainly hope that within a few/several years, BEVs will get down to a recharge time of, let's say, 6-8 minutes. Even if batteries are produced that can support 1-minute charging, it's not reasonable to think that any auto maker would mass produce a car which has charge plugs/ports, wiring, fuses, etc. robust enough to support a 1-minute charge. Heavy copper cables and bus bars are more expensive than thinner ones. Nor is it reasonable to think any company building an EV charging station would install one which could mostly or fully charge a BEV in only 1 minute. The cost would be prohibitive, not only for the infrastructure but also for that level of electric power delivered to the charger. If you're on the road and you stop for a charge during a long trip, you'll likely want to at least visit the bathroom while the car charges. So there isn't much of a practical reason to have less than a ~5 minute charge. Any shorter time would be largely a waste of money, both on the part of the auto maker and the charging station. Furthermore, if the charging station has an adjacent convenience store, as most gas stations currently do, then the owner is going to want to give you time to go in and buy a soda and a snack. A 1-minute charge would discourage that.
Great video with Autoblog's Jeremy Korzeniewski talking about, and showing the car at CES. Some interesting comments about the size of the interior. Not mentioned is something I heard yesterday about -- the rear doors may get normal hinges in production.
Had the chance to pose a number of question to Henrik Fisker about the EMotion, the solid-state batteries, and getting it all produced. Got some pretty good answers too!
Hi Domenick; You seem to be the Fisker expert in these parts so maybe you can help me identify my check engine light code p1b2d. Thank you in advance for any help. My car is Karma Ecochic 1124 Inferno/earth tritone
When it comes to the nitty-gritty of engine light codes, I think there are a couple of people over on the FiskerBuzz forum that could better assist you. And really, if you have a Fisker, than that is the site best equipped for Fisker-specific questions and insights. So. I would suggest you open an account there and start a thread about your issue. I'm sure people there can help you out. Plus, the info, and (hopefuly) the solution, will then be available for others who search for this same issue in the future.
