The Fisker Karma...
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/14/detroit-2008-fisker-karma-draws-a-crowd-impresses/
Looks like a hellava luxurious high-tech vehicle for $80,000. Can't be right, can it?Fisker plans premium plug-in by late 2009
Leslie J. Allen
Automotive News
January 14, 2008 - 1:21 pm ET
DETROIT -- Fisker Automotive plans to sell the first of its premium plug-in hybrid vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2009.
The suburban Los Angeles company, formed by former Aston Martin head designer Henrik Fisker, showed a production version of the Fisker Karma today at the auto show.
The sporty Karma will start at $80,000. It combines a four-cylinder engine with a lithium ion battery pack.
The Karma will plug into an ordinary household outlet and take about eight hours to charge on a 110-volt system and less time on a 220-volt system. Once fully charged, the vehicle will go 50 miles on electricity alone, Henrik said.
He said the vehicle will be produced in North America.
The Karma is a joint project of Fisker and Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide Inc.
The sporty car has a solar panel on the roof to help recharge the battery. When running on gasoline, the vehicle is tuned to produce a sound " somewhere between a Formula One car and a jet plane," Henrik Fisker said.