If Fisker goes out of business and its assets are liquidated to pay off creditors, owners could essentially be left out in the cold
Speaking from behind the wheel of his new Fisker Ocean, a sleek electric SUV built by a California startup that“I’d probably buy it again,” said Villeneuve, who lives near Montreal. He fell in love with the car when it was unveiled in 2021, in part because of features like its solar-panel roof and its use of recycled materials. He finally took delivery of a dark blue Fisker Ocean Extreme on May 6 this year, roughly six weeks before Fisker Group Inc.
Fisker began delivering the Ocean SUV to Canadian customers at the end of 2023. The company hasn’t disclosed how many were sold here, but they’re a rare sight on the roads. One by one – owing to software glitches or parts that can’t be repaired or replaced – the fleet of Ocean SUVs will slowly become extinct unless there’s some unexpected intervention.
It’s been fairly reliable in his experience. Occasionally, he noticed the driver-assist systems don’t work when driving directly into morning sun . On one occasion, he got a call from his wife at 3 a.m. because a charging cable wouldn’t disconnect. It happened a second time, but on both occasions pulling the emergency release freed the cable.
He knew it was risky. “Of course, it is a gamble,” he said. “Where the risk was, and that’s where I had to convince my wife, was what happens if they go under and we have an issue. We could have a minor fender bender and, you know, break the windshield, and it’s an issue getting a replacement,” Villeneuve said.
“Look, we’ve got these cars. We’re not selling them at this point, because nobody wants them. So our only option is to make sure that we can some kind of a mechanism for keeping these things on the road and keeping them maintained and safe,” Fleming said.
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