The fisker karma had a solar panel in the roof too so this shouldn t come as a surprise.
Fisker karma solar panel roof.
Fisker and his eponymous company fisker inc plan.
Starting at 37 500 fisker says the electric suv will get between 250 and 300 miles per charge and it will feature solar panels on the roof.
Spherically curved solar car roof modules.
The cars were manufactured at valmet automotive in finland.
A larger stationary solar array will be available for mounting on a house or garage.
The fisker karma is a premium plug in range extended electric luxury sports sedan produced by fisker automotive in 2012.
Last week we covered the reborn fisker karma now the karma revero re introduction and there was one detail in that reveal i don t think i paid enough attention to.
Fisker didn t release a video.
The fisker karma features the world s largest seamless solar glass roof for a production vehicle.
The array will supplement power from standard electric outlets and defray some of the charging cost.
62 mpg imp equivalent mpg e in all electric mode and at 20 mpg.
The fisker karma is a four door plug in hybrid with a solar panel roof regenerative braking a light weight body does 0 60 mph in less than 6 seconds and will have a top speed beyond 125 mph.
Between 2010 and 2012 already the team members of a2 solar had developed and produced the largest spherically most curved and back then with 120 watts the most powerful solar car roof module of its kind for the american sports car fisker karma one of the worldwide most advanced vehicles.
The solar roof on the karma will add an estimated 4 to 5 miles 6 4 to 8 kilometers of battery power per week.
The united states environmental protection agency epa rated the karma s combined city highway fuel economy at 52 mpg us 4 5 l 100 km.