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• Fisker’s been all around the blogosphere lately.  Of course we all heard about the $529 million loan they just received from the Department of Energy.
• They just opened their flagship retail store in Los Angeles with 32 planned locations across the US.
• LA Dealer, Mike Sullivan says they’ve already had 120 reservations for the plug-in hybrid, of which 2/3rd of those he says “you would recognize on the cover of a magazine.”  Even with that being said, he’s confident he’ll be able to sell 15 per month once they’re in full production.  Sounds like wishful thinking to me, judging by all the hurdles Tesla’s had to go through thus far.  That being said, if all 32 locations could keep up with Mike’s forcast, that’d be 9600 Karmas in the first year.
• Even further on the celebrity tip, we just learned that, believe or not, the Karma was actually inspired by Leonardo Dicapprio.
• It’s also not much of a surprise to hear that Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has “some reservations about the feasibility of Fisker’s approach.”  He thinks “Fisker is very far from overcoming those [engineering obstacles to build an electric car].”
• Whether Musk’s statements are valid or not doesn’t take away from the fact that it’ll be exciting to see how everything pans out for Fisker.
• I want them to succeed, I mean, how else is the price going to get driven down so I can buy one?  Keep up the good work guys.

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