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11-07-2012, 08:57 AM
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Remember the 16 Fisker Karma (http://www.autoblog.com/fisker/karma) plug-in hybrids that were burnt in the wake of Superstorm Sandy (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/05/how-sandy-may-have-set-17-plug-in-hybrids-on-fire/)? They're not the only bad news for the luxury green automaker: more than 300 Karmas, worth over $30 million, were sitting at Port Newark when it flooded and got destroyed. In all, over 10,000 vehicles were damaged at the port when the waters rose. In other words: fire bad, water really bad.
Reuters is reporting that the Karma shipment was insured and Fisker spokesman Roger Ormisher said the company expects "no impact from a business or a financial point of view." He also said that Fisker will be able to meet US demand despite losing the 300 vehicles.
As for the fire - which started in one car and then spread to nearby vehicles - Fisker has issued a statement saying that it was a problem with a low-voltage Vehicle Control Unit, "a standard component found in many types of vehicles and is powered by a typical 12V car battery," in a Karma. Because the cars were "submerged under five to eight feet of seawater for several hours," salt in the water corroded the VCU, Fisker said. The Karma's advanced lithium-ion batteries did not play a role in causing the fire.Continue reading Fisker loses over 300 Karmas in Sandy floods at Port Newark (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/11/07/fisker-loses-over-300-karmas-in-sandy-floods-at-port-newark/)
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Remember the 16 Fisker Karma (http://www.autoblog.com/fisker/karma) plug-in hybrids that were burnt in the wake of Superstorm Sandy (http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/05/how-sandy-may-have-set-17-plug-in-hybrids-on-fire/)? They're not the only bad news for the luxury green automaker: more than 300 Karmas, worth over $30 million, were sitting at Port Newark when it flooded and got destroyed. In all, over 10,000 vehicles were damaged at the port when the waters rose. In other words: fire bad, water really bad.
Reuters is reporting that the Karma shipment was insured and Fisker spokesman Roger Ormisher said the company expects "no impact from a business or a financial point of view." He also said that Fisker will be able to meet US demand despite losing the 300 vehicles.
As for the fire - which started in one car and then spread to nearby vehicles - Fisker has issued a statement saying that it was a problem with a low-voltage Vehicle Control Unit, "a standard component found in many types of vehicles and is powered by a typical 12V car battery," in a Karma. Because the cars were "submerged under five to eight feet of seawater for several hours," salt in the water corroded the VCU, Fisker said. The Karma's advanced lithium-ion batteries did not play a role in causing the fire.Continue reading Fisker loses over 300 Karmas in Sandy floods at Port Newark (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/11/07/fisker-loses-over-300-karmas-in-sandy-floods-at-port-newark/)
Fisker loses over 300 Karmas in Sandy floods at Port Newark (http://green.autoblog.com/2012/11/07/fisker-loses-over-300-karmas-in-sandy-floods-at-port-newark/) originally appeared on Autoblog Green (http://green.autoblog.com) on Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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