Fisker mulls battery cell manufacturing in Europe, U.S. with major supplier

FILE PHOTO: Fisker logo is seen on a Fisker Karma car at the
FILE Photograph: Fisker brand is witnessed on a Fisker Karma vehicle at the “Auto 2016″motor vehicle clearly show in Riga, Latvia, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

February 26, 2021

By Hyunjoo Jin

(Reuters) – Fisker Inc CEO mentioned on Thursday that the electrical automobile startup is thinking about setting up a battery cell manufacturing facility with an unknown major provider in Europe or the United States, to protected steady materials of the critical element.

Fisker, which was when a rival to Tesla Motors Inc in the nascent industry for electric powered luxurious automobiles, struggled with the recall of batteries made by its former provider, A123, which afterwards filed for personal bankruptcy.

“We did not want to consider any danger on batteries,” Henrik Fisker, chairman and CEO of Fisker, explained to Reuters. He explained the organization will use prismatic cells from one particular of the world’s four most significant suppliers.

China’s CATL supplies prismatic cells to Tesla. Samsung SDI helps make prismatic cells for BMW vehicles.

Fisker, which is but to create saleable motor vehicles, has been partnering with firms for production its electric powered autos to speed up vehicle enhancement and generation.

On Wednesday, Fisker stated it would work with Apple Inc provider Foxconn to generate extra than 250,000 motor vehicles a year commencing in late 2023.

Fisker reported in December that Canada’s Magna Worldwide Inc would in the beginning manufacture its first car, the Ocean SUV, in Europe.

Fisker’s creation is on track to commence in the fourth quarter of up coming 12 months, with a commencing value of $37,499.

The business was released by Henrik Fisker, a one particular-time Aston-Martin designer whose previous undertaking, Fisker Automotive, collapsed in 2013. Fisker on Thursday claimed its net loss widened to about $12 million in the fourth quarter from about $3 million a year earlier.

Fisker’s reverse merger with distinctive-reason acquisition firm Apollo Global Administration presented the startup with $1 billion in gross proceeds.

(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin in San Francisco and Akanksha Rana in Bengaluru Editing by Maju Samuel and Leslie Adler)