Fisker EV

Martin_the_Unjust

I’m looking at this http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202504171430310? and am frankly astonished at the price. What am I missing?

Wonka_2

That they’re bankrupt, and that you’re potentially buying a very expensive paperweight 

RunsFromRobots

https://youtu.be/6xWXRk3yaSw?si=2TVCiYcP0QGmdgAN

photome

Don’t do it, zero support when it breaks down

Martin_the_Unjust

photome said:

Don’t do it, zero support when it breaks down

I’ve no intention of doing it, I’m very wary of stuff that sounds too good to be true.

photome

Martin_the_Unjust said:

photome said:

Don’t do it, zero support when it breaks down

I’ve no intention of doing it, I’m very wary of stuff that sounds too good to be true.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14622205/fisker-ocean-ev-stuck-company-bust.html

Mildly_Miffed

It would be a very, VERY brave purchase.

But - if it comes down in price a bit further, it might make some sense as an unusual-but-disposable oddity. Even at the current price, if it lasts three years before total lack of parts availability makes it unusable over something trivial, you could almost view it as a £700/mo lease...?

https://www.wired.com/story/fisker-went-bankrupt-what-do-its-ev-owners-do-next/

facade

They interviewed a Fisker owner on that dreadful Ch5 "Electric Cars: Are they Really Worth it?"

None of the pointless tech works, because it is all based on interweb services that Fisker didn't pay for and have been pulled.

The car seems alright, but there are no software updates or spares support.

Peter999_2

It has a massive battery, 113kWh is very big for a car.   That's nearly 4 times the size of my first EVs battery.

Facade is right though, nothing works on it anymore and it will some become a paperweight.

QrizB

facade said:

The car seems alright, but there are no software updates or spares support.

Does anyone know if it's a parts bin special (like so many small-volume vehicles) or is it entirely bespoke?
Will you be able to get eg. brake pads and suspension bushes?

facade

I just remembered, there were a few Youtube videos of lines of them parked on quiet roads, here is an update

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etzcjJJGLlc

(He also has one about an owner with a bricked car that no-one will even try to fix)