The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid is a relative heavyweight at more than 5,000 pounds, said a board member and the chief executive of the company’s powertrain supplier.
“It’s a pretty heavy car,” said Jason Forcier, vice president of A123 Systems, Fisker Automotive’s battery supplier, and a Fisker board member. “But you have to look at all the technology, which includes a large gas engine, large electric motors and large batteries.”
David Mazaika, chief executive of Quantum Technologies, which is supplying the company’s Q-Drive powertrain, said that prototypes weighed “over 5,000 pounds,” but he cautioned that because of ongoing work on many components the final car might actually weigh less than that.
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