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Fisker Automotive has shed more light on its upcoming Fisker Atlantic plug-in hybrid. The company is opening up a new Technical Center in the Midwest for the launch of its second model, which looks a little like a smaller version of the first one.
The company plans to open this facility in the Spring of 2013, potentially in Southeastern Michigan. It's meant to pave the way for "ongoing development" of the Atlantic, and is being done to bring Fisker closer to its key component suppliers. It's also fairly close (compared to the California HQ, at least) to Fisker's potential production facility in Delaware.
This will be the second technical center used by Fisker, with the first one being in Pontiac, MI. That site was used for development and engineering of the Karma plug-in hybrid sports car between the fall of 2008 and the spring of 2010. Co-founder Henrik Fisker said the new facility will be a permanent Technical Center to support the final Atlantic development.
When will development of the Atlantic turn into a launch? Fisker continues to be vague about it. "This important step signals our commitment to bringing the Fisker Atlantic to market as soon as we can," said Fisker's president and CEO, Tony Posawatz.
The most recent rumor has been that the introduction will be sometime in 2014. Back in 2009, the original timeline given on what was then called Project Nina had production starting by the end of 2012.
The timing of the Tech Center announcement comes soon after Fisker lost 320 Karmas from Sandy storm damage at a New Jersey port, with 16 of them getting burnt. These Karmas had been manufactured at a plant in Finland and were parked dockside when the hurricane hit.
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