Henrik Fisker stands with the Fisker Ocean electrical car after it was unveiled on the Manhattan Seashore Pier forward of the Los Angeles Auto Present and AutoMobilityLA on November 16, 2021 in Manhattan Seashore, California.
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Electrical car startup Fisker stated Wednesday it’s on monitor to start manufacturing of its first mannequin, the Ocean SUV, later this month as deliberate — and that it now has greater than 62,000 reservations for the car, up from over 56,000 as of early August.
CEO Henrik Fisker informed CNBC the corporate plans to fabricate 42,400 Oceans by the top of subsequent yr. The Ocean might be inbuilt Austria by a unit of Magna International, with manufacturing ramping up in 4 phases to permit Fisker’s suppliers to scale their manufacturing in keeping with Magna’s.
The vast majority of these automobiles might be constructed within the second half of 2023, Fisker stated.
Fisker stated that his staff is exploring the concept of shifting manufacturing of the Ocean to the U.S. earlier than 2025, however as of now has no agency plans to take action.
The automaker reported a web lack of $149.3 million for the third quarter, or 49 cents per share, versus a lack of $109.8 million or 37 cents per share within the year-earlier interval. It had $824.7 million in money remaining as of Sept. 30, together with about $116 million raised from an “at-the-market” inventory providing introduced earlier this yr.
Fisker stated that work on its second mannequin, a low-cost EV known as the Pear, is progressing forward of schedule.
The corporate stated it now has over 5,000 reservations for the Pear, which might be constructed by Foxconn Technology Group within the former Lordstown Motors manufacturing facility in Ohio, beginning in 2024.
