Henrik Fisker unveiled on stage 4 future electric vehicles which will gradually complete the range of the brand of the same name over the next 3 years. With a compact model, a convertible sports car, a pick-up and an adventurer version of its Ocean SUV, Fisker is quite simply a hit.
Why settle for launching one model when you can present 4? The electric car manufacturer Fisker held an event called “Product Vision Day” on the night of August 3 to 4, 2023. The opportunity for the CEO, Henrik Fisker, to present the prototypes of 4 of his future products and a new computer system (Fisker Blade) which will equip the cars.
Until now, these were only names on sketches of future models, but Fisker physically presented 3 of the novelties expected for the brand: the PEAR (compact urban model), the Ronin (the sporty convertible) and the Alaska (the pickup). If the cut-and-paste design of the Tesla lineup is starting to tire you after a decade of status quo, what Fisker has to offer might just spark a bit of interest.
PEAR: always planned for less than €30,000
Henrik Fisker had presented it as having a radical design. Finally, the model skilfully combines uniqueness and current trends. Rather, it’s a good thing that the styling isn’t too bold for a model that’s bound to go big. The originality is concentrated above all at the rear of the vehicle, where the presentation revealed the atypical opening of the trunk named “Houdini”.
The PEAR will be available in a 5-seater version, but also in a 6-seater configuration, in two rows only. Unlike large SUVs, which offer 6 seats in 3 rows of seats, Fisker has chosen to offer a version with a bench seat in the front, which allows you to have, as in utility vehicles, up to 3 front passengers. The successor to the Fiat Multipla is all found.
It is not so much a vehicle designed to give social status or to show off, as is all too often the trend, as a model designed to find practical solutions to problems of daily use.
Everything is imagined by reducing more than 35% of the parts needed for manufacturing. It’s more ecological and more economical, the recipe that has helped Tesla’s success in offering electric cars with good value for money. Fisker still estimates the starting price of the PEAR model at less than €30,000 for availability around mid-2025.
Fisker Alaska: the much more reasonable pickup than the Tesla Cybertruck
While Elon Musk played excessive and flashy for his XXL pickup, Fisker presented a much more reasoned and more ecological alternative. The details of the technical characteristics are not yet known, but the model presented is designed to provide a more practical template on a daily basis.
However, the loading bed can accommodate long items if necessary and not only by lowering the tailgate. As with the PEAR, the pick-up also has a “Houdini” opening, which then allows you to gain depth by folding down the rear seat. Objects are both inside and outside. The main thing is to be able to transport them punctually, without however needing a vehicle over 5.50 m long with a catastrophic carbon footprint.
The vehicle is still only a concept, but Fisker had fun highlighting some wacky details to make the show. That said, not sure that the cowboy hat holder, or the location for water bottles of several liters are really useful in the final version.
Fisker announces a range of between 370 and 545 km of range. The model should be available in 2025, with an entry-level price of 45,400 dollars, or 41,500 € according to current conversions. Interesting !
The Ronin Electric GT
If the rivalry between Musk and Fisker is palpable on all the models presented, it is on the Ronin that we feel like a taste of revenge in the air.
Fisker presented this August 4 only a model of what will be its electric sports car, unlike the other models which were rolling concepts. It is therefore the project that seems the least advanced for the time being. Fisker still presents this model as a sporty 5-seater (and 4-door) with a removable carbon roof to ride in the wind. The Ronin is expected to have antagonistic butterfly-opening doors, a luxurious interior, and that bold, futuristic exterior design in its proportions.
Henrik Fisker imagined his sports car to be the most technologically advanced in the range. It will be marketed as a luxury vehicle (at a high price) and in limited quantities.
With a battery integrated in “cell-to-chassis” to gain in performance and weight, Fisker promises a little less than 1,000 km of autonomy for 1,000 hp of power. Does this remind you of anything? The 0 to 100 km / h should also be around 2 seconds: this is what Tesla has been promising for many years for its Roadster. The height would therefore be that the Fisker Ronin is available on the market before the Tesla Roadster.
Force E: the off-road version of the Fisker Ocean
Fisker’s very first model is an SUV suitable for the city, or even the all-terrain. But, someone must have whispered to the entrepreneur that he would like to do some tough off-roading with his electric SUV. Here is Fisker’s answer, a much less wise version, with more power and torque and enough to tackle paths in the middle of nature without fearing for the bodywork.
This Force E version is scheduled for the first quarter of 2024, but its price is not yet known.
Notice to amateurs, reservations for all of these models are already open. It remains to be seen whether Fisker will meet all of its deadlines, unlike Elon Musk. Fisker’s full presentation is available on YouTube:
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