Recently, the automotive evaluation experts at Consumer Reports got their hands on the $100,000 electric car for the people otherwise known as the Fisker Karma. Besides basic testing, the main reason for the exam was to put the throttle to the floor to what happens when you hot-rod a torque filled EV sports car. The results are officially in but they might not be what the masses were expecting: the Karma simply died. Considering Fisker had to issue a recall last year due to faulty battery packs, they will have to scramble to come back especially now that the controversial company has one more negative lick added to its name.
“It is a little disconcerting that you pay that amount of money for a car and it lasts basically 180 miles before going wrong,” said David Champion, senior editor for Consumer Reports. According to an Automotive News article, the Karma was purchased from a Connecticut dealer by the magazine for testing. After a quiet jaunt down the track at a steady 65 mph in order to calibrate the car’s speed, a dash warning light came on. The magazine went through with its speed testing, parked the car and when they went back to start it, nothing happened. The cause of the failure has yet to be determined and could be chalked up to a simple fluke, but nevertheless, it has damaged the company’s reputation. Fisker did make it a point that there are nearly 500 Karmas already rolling around the nation and acted quickly to pick up the dead car and are currently inspecting the vehicle.
Source: Automotive News.com
