A few months ago the American automotive company Fisker announced bankruptcy. It was the definitive end for the company founded in 2016 by the Danish automotive designer Henrik Fisker and his wife Geeta Gupta-Fisker. Now the media is reporting on the mess the company left behind at its headquarters in La Palma, California.
Fisker had been renting a building owned by Shamrock Properties for years, and after bankruptcy, the owners took over the building and found chaos and a lot of trash. The owners are furious as they face a cleanup that will cost tens of thousands of dollars, including repairing the damage and removing large barrels, various chemical bottles and approximately 20 car-sized batteries. However, the problems for Shamrock Properties do not end there.
On September 12, they were contacted by Heritage Global Partners stating that they had purchased certain property in the facility, which is still there, so the owners can’t touch anything because they don’t know what it is. Also, the owner’s representative stated in the report that during the tour of the facility, he found people taking various items such as tools, computers or car parts, and carrying them away. A few Fisker cars were left in the parking lot.
In 2023, Fisker had big plans. 40,000 electric vehicles were targeted, but only 10,000 left the production lines. The Ocean SUV has received mixed reviews, with Consumer Reports claiming that the promise has not been fulfilled, while regulators have addressed issues with brakes and doors that won’t open. Further complicating the situation for Fisker was the fact that the Ocean lost its place on the list of tax-deductible electric vehicles unless leased because it was manufactured outside of North America.
At the beginning of the year, production of the Ocean model was halted even though they dropped the price to $24,999 in an attempt to raise cash, but trading in the stock was suspended in March. The company admitted that they could run out of capital by the end of 2024. Unfortunately, this turned out to be true, so discussions with potential partners such as Nissan followed, but without success.
Source: Reuters
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