Vieux-Gontrand a écrit:
En automobile Tesla avait fait la même chose contre Fisker qui l'avait devancé sur le marché (et était à la fois un sous-traitant et un concurrent).
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Interessante failure story.
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Fisker's problems started with recall of its battery by A123 in December 2011, followed by a second recall by A123 Systems in March 2012 and eventually a bankruptcy of its battery supplier A123 Systems in August 2012, the costs involved regarding a recall and repairs to customer cars. In addition to production stopping for over five months, with no date announced to recommence, the planned production of the second model, the Fisker Atlantic, was postponed, together with the cessation of development of the new model.
The Department of Energy froze Fisker's credit line in August 2012 after US$192 million had been drawn, and after differences between the DOE and Fisker on the milestones set as conditions for the loan.[24][25] The loan received additional scrutiny for being awarded for the manufacture of luxury vehicles that are too expensive for much of the general public.[26] Fisker investor Ray Lane responded that the issues were being blown out of proportion due to election-year politics.[26]
In February 2012, Tom LaSorda was named the new CEO,[27] and Henrik Fisker became executive chairman,[28] but six months later on August 14, La Sorda was replaced by Tony Posawatz, previously General Motors Vehicle Line Director for the Chevrolet Volt.[29]
In April 2012, Fisker announced it had received US$392 million in a new round of financing.[30]
The company suffered a setback on October 29, 2012, when Hurricane Sandy flooded and destroyed its entire European shipment of 338 Karmas at Port Newark, New Jersey.[31] Sixteen of the cars burned, because six to eight feet of seawater caused a short circuit in a vehicle control unit in one Karma, and high winds spread the resulting fire to 15 others.[32] The company said that its lithium-ion battery was not at fault.[32] Insurer XL Insurance America initially denied the roughly US$30 million loss claim and was subsequently sued by Fisker in New York State Supreme Court. The case was settled with an undisclosed out-of-court agreement.[33]
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