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Fisker's Hybrid: First Details Emerge

Fisker's next car is shaping up quite quickly. The announcement that the

Fisker's two first cars, the Tramonto and Latigo are paving the way for the new hybrid. (Photo: Fisker Coachbuild)

brand's next vehicle would be a hybrid showed a new direction, but what will the car look like? What will it be powered by? And what sort of car will it be? These details are now in the open.

The new car is described as being the height of a Porsche 911, but with the interior volume to seat four adults and enough trunk space to house their luggage. From the preliminary sketches the car has a side profile that's quite sleek and also beautiful. It bears a certain resemblance to the Aston Martin Rapide Concept, which could be explained since Henrik Fisker himself worked on various influential Aston Martins including the DB9 and the V8 Vantage.

Fisker says, "We want people to drive beautiful fast cars that make environmental sense - cars that are eco-chic and will have less of an

It certainly looks like a Fisker car, but it's not powered by a V8, V10 or V12. It could be a diesel hybrid. (Photo: Fisker Coachbuild)

impact on global warming."

Fisker hasn't made any definite plans about what kind of engine will go under the hood, but for the fact that either a gasoline or diesel powerplant would be an acceptable pairing. There's a little bit more information about the electrical half of the equation, specifically what goals the company is aiming for. When the car is running on electricity alone, Fisker expects the sedan to have a range of about 50 miles, which is quite impressive, giving that the car is expected to have a fairly large and fairly advanced battery. It's total range will exceed 620 miles, which is extraordinary by current standards. Mind you, Fisker also projects the car to have a top speed of just 100 mph, which isn't very fast, although nothing has been said about how quick it

We'll know more about the Hybrid by Detroit, but so far we know that it isn't based off any current donor car. (Photo: Fisker)

will be. Making this possible is Fisker's new technology partner, Quantum Technologies which is developing the system to also be of the plug-in variety.

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