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There’s no denying stepping into a hybrid, HEV, a plug-in hybrid, PHEV or a pure electric car, EV for the first time can be a little disconcerting at first. Then it all makes sense, if the right environment has been intelligently thought of.

Justin Bieber received a 2012 Fisker Karma for his 18th birthday and within a month did what any red-blooded American kid would do. He wrapped the car in chrome.

Fisker Automotive's long awaited new car, the Fisker Atlantic, was revealed today on the eve of the New York Auto Show, continuing the company's tradition of extended range electric luxury cars it is a family-oriented car meant to be compared with the Audi A5 or BMW 3-series.

Fisker is working on obtaining an extra $100 million in fundraising by the end of March to meet its $1 billion goal.

GM is touting the fact that its General Motor Spring Hill powertrain plant produced its 3-millionth Ecotec engine this week but the bigger story is really the fact that is has produced 1 million of the engines in the last 30 months alone.

A teaser sketch of Fisker's Project Nina was released yesterday, the car is the first of a long-awaited line of plug-in hybrid electric cars, and the company has announced it will give the public "a glimpse of the future of" the company.

Fisker Automotive has released a press release denying allegations that the company rushed the Fisker Karma into production in an attempt to meet Department of Energy loan milestones.

Last week, we brought you the news that the Fisker Karma being tested by the people at Consumer Reports ran into mechanical issues during the routine initial stages of testing, forcing the group to send their new electric luxury car back to the dealership for repairs but they have their Karma back this week – with a brief explanation of what went wrong.

This weeks news that a Fisker Karma, purchased by Consumer Reports for testing, broke down, piling yet another piece of bad-looking news on the back of Fisker Automotive.

The newly turned 18 year old singer received his birthday gift while appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Things are ramping up for Fisker Automotive, as the production version of their Fisker Karma is reaching buyers around the world with more vehicles are expected to join the Karma in the company’s lineup and today came the first major management change as former Chrysler CEO Tom LaSorda has been hired to fill the roles of CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board for Fisker Automotive.

The Fisker Surf Shooting Brake Concept is a 5-door sport wagon based on the basic design (and powered by the drivetrain) of the incredible Fisker Karma sedan and according to GTSpirit.com, the extended range electric Surf Shooting Brake will make its debut in production form at the upcoming Paris Motor Show in September.

Henrik Fisker says production of the Fisker Karma is not dependent on Dept of Energy loans, and that the company is pursuing a "plan B" to fund the company independently from private investors to prevent the company from being a political football.

If rental car companies are going to allow you to test drive electric cars at your leisure, another way will be free events.

Since I first laid eyes on the Fisker Karma at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show, I have been enamored with the high performance electric luxury sedan with extended range capabilities and earlier this week, I was among the first journalists to drive the production ready Fisker Karma on US soil – a drive that met every expectation that I have had for the sleek new sedan over the past 4 years.

Earlier this week, I had a chance to sit down with company founder and CEO Henrik Fisker where he explained that the production of the Fisker Karma (which is currently well under way) is not dependent on the US government money and the new flagship sedan is capable of “paying for itself”.

Fisker Automotive runs into cash crunch, after missing milestones in the Dept of Energy loans program, due to repeated delays on the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid luxury sedan.

A123, the company that supplies the battery packs for the gorgeous new Fisker Karma recently discovered a possible coolant leak that could lead to electrical fires in the high tech sedan and today, Fisker issued a statement claiming that the majority of Karma electric sedans built thus far have had new battery packs installed through the new recall – just two weeks after the automaker was made aware of the problem.

Other than the Chevy Volt, 2012 will see the first introduction of commercially produced plug-in hybrid vehicles including the Ford C-MAX Energi, two cars from Fisker, and an actual honest to goodness officially produced Plug-in Prius manufactured by Toyota.

The Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt were just the beginning, we take a look at the electric cars coming in 2012.

The companies identified a manufacturing flaw, and are of course issuing a recall.

Problem found in coolant system for battery packs A123 Systems is supplying for the FIsker Karma.