{"id":243839,"date":"2023-06-02T18:14:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T22:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=243839"},"modified":"2023-06-02T18:16:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T22:16:01","slug":"epa-says-fisker-ocean-goes-farther-than-predicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2023\/06\/epa-says-fisker-ocean-goes-farther-than-predicted\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Says Fisker Ocean Goes Farther than Predicted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Big news for nascent EV maker Fisker Inc. means increased competition for all the other electric vehicle companies, starting with the California-based company exceeding its own predictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fisker’s Ocean, can travel 360 miles on a full charge. That\u2019s 10 miles farther than the company said the all-electric SUV would go.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

According to Environmental Protection Agency estimates released May 31, the EV company\u2019s first entry into the segment, the Fisker Ocean, can travel 360 miles on a full charge. That\u2019s 10 miles farther than the company said the all-electric SUV would go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the company plans to begin delivering the Ocean to U.S. customers \u201cin volume,\u201d starting June 19, having received the go-ahead from the EPA and California Air Resource Board. The company can sell in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are super excited to start getting Fisker Ocean SUVs in customer hands,\u201d said Henrik Fisker, CEO, in a statement. \u201cOur U.S. customers have been exceptionally patient as we have move through the regulatory process, but we are now ready to enter the next phase of the company\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Farther for less<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The company had been saying for some time that it expected the range on the Ocean \u2014 its first product \u2014 to be 350 miles, so the 10-mile uptick is good news. Fisker officials make the claim the Ocean \u201chas the longest range of any new electric SUV under $200,000 sold in the United States today.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fisker production at the Magna Steyr plant in Graz, Austria is underway.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This separates it from the Faraday Future FF 91, which is EPA-certified to travel 381 miles on a full charge \u2014 assuming you will ever be able to buy one. The Hanover, California-based maker continues to claim it will begin producing vehicles in the near future. However, those proclamations are usually followed by a plea for more money to keep the operation alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 550-horsepower Ocean uses a 113-kWh battery with two motors. The FF 91 uses a 142-kWh battery. In European testing earlier this year, the Ocean traveled 440 miles, but Europe\u2019s WLTP cycle artificially the real-world numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cars are a comin\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe plan to send out communications today to our first customers,” Henrik Fisker, founder and CEO, said in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The delivery schedule begins with the 5,000 units of the Ocean One Launch Edition. Those model should get to their owners by the end of September, followed by the top-trim Ocean Extreme. Fisker expects to produce between 32,000 and 36,000 units in 2023, compared with its previous target of 42,400 cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The formal plans for the content available on the soon-to-arrive models is unclear, but some could include the Force E off-roading version. That model gets a stouter roof rack, new front and rear bumpers, tow hooks at both ends, and 33-inch tires on 20-inch wheels, plus optional grab handles, tiedowns, and rubber floors. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a big week for Fisker Inc. as the company\u2019s first vehicle was EPA-certified to travel 360 miles on a full charge \u2014 10 miles further than the company said it would go. Additionally, the company revealed it would begin U.S. deliveries the week of June 19, reports TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":243841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,8,5,1608,2648,1347,9],"tags":[1325,11096,11097,11098,1105],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243839"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243845,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243839\/revisions\/243845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243839"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=243839"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=243839"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=243839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}