After several delays, production of the Fisker Karma finally began last week. Based in Orange County, California, Fisker builds the Karma at the Valmet Automotive plant in Finland, who also builds cars under contract for Porsche. Deliveries are expected within the next month which is fantastic news. So expect the Karma to arrive in our Fisker Santa Monica showroom shortly.

However, don’t expect to see too many on the road anytime soon. “We are going to be ramping up very slowly, very carefully to ensure quality,” says Fisker Automotive spokesperson Roger Ormisher. “This year we want to get almost 7,000 deliveries,” which is considered a small number in the automotive world.

The Karma is advanced as it is gorgeous and it works much like the Volt. The 20 kilowatt-hour lithium-nanophosphate battery has a claimed range of 50 miles. When the battery winds down, a 2.4-liter turbocharged engine, sourced from GM, drives a 175 kilowatt generator that keeps the juice flowing to the wheels. Fisker claims that the car gets an annual average of 100 mpg and emits just 83 grams of CO2 per kilometer, that’s less than the Toyota Prius! The battery recharges in six to eight hours at 220 volts.

Powered by dual electric motors, output is 403 horsepower with 901 lb-ft of torque, 0 to 62 mph comes in at 7.9 seconds. In hybrid Sport mode, that time drops down to 5.9 seconds with top speed improving to 125 mph.

The starting sticker price for the standard Karma will be $95,000, the Eco Sport version will be $103,900, and $108,900 for the high-line Eco Chic model.

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