US brand's second model set for 2024 debut and sell from around $40,000
Fisker has begun teasing its follow-up to the Ocean SUV that will be named the PEAR and revealed it will be a five-seat compact SUV that debuts in 2024 priced from $US29,900 ($A40,500).
The first picture released on Fisker’s social media appears to suggest the PEAR will share its snub-nose and wraparound windscreen and flared arches with the Ocean and borrow the larger SUV’s front and rear light bars.
Created to be it be much more affordable, compared to the Californian car-maker’s bigger Ocean super-SUV, that’s priced from $US37,499 to $US68,999 ($A52,500-$A96,000), the latest Fisker EV’s name stands for Personal Electric Automotive Revolution (PEAR).
Claimed to combine ‘sustainability, technology and design into a digitally connected’ package, it’s thought the car-maker’s reference to ‘agile’, ‘urban mobility device’ suggests that the car-maker sees its rival as not only EVs like the Hyundai Kona Electric (from $54,500) but also smaller battery-electric cars like the MINI Electric (from $A54,800) and the Nissan LEAF (from $A60,490).
Built at a US plant in Ohio in partnership with Foxconn, it’s thought to keep costs down the PEAR will be based on the Taiwanese tech giant recently developed EV architecture.
There’s no word on what powertrains will be offered in the smaller PEAR, nor how large its battery pack will be, but high-grade models are set to benefit from Fisker’s advanced nickel manganese cobalt battery that could see the PEAR cover up to 700km between top-ups.
Announcing it plans to make around 250,000 annually, Fisker has invited prospective buyers to place a $250 ($A350) deposit to reserve a spot for the first 2024 deliveries.
With confirmation that Fisker plans to sell cars in Europe, the US start-up has yet to confirm whether or not developing cars for right-hand drive is part of its strategy. If so, a launch in the UK could be followed shortly after by a debut Down Under
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