Regarding that - how can actually Fisker both not pay for warranty repairs, and not be bankrupt?
| [FONT=宋]High standard loot Fisker: Richard like doing[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Zhou Kaiping[/FONT] [FONT=宋] October 11, the U.S. Department of Energy held Fisker Automotive debt auctions, Chinese investors played a leading role, and finally Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing's son Richard Li won the subject.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] U.S. electric car company Fisker in its six-year period operating profit has never been a year ago, has been forced to stop its efforts to make a variety of financing this year, after May announced insolvent. Fisker to end for the internal management of the root cause of confusion, and even lead to differences in the management of one of the founders Henrik Fisker leave.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] But this did not stop the Chinese investor interest during the past year there have been five car companies in contact with out the price tag negotiate acquisitions. Wanxiang Group's VL Motor Company and Wang Xiaolin American GTA Motor Company reached the final, participated in the auction on October 11, but eventually lost to Richard's private investment company - Pacific Century Company.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Environmentally friendly cars GTA founder Wang Xiaolin team full of plans for the auction Fisker, auction fails night, Wang regret to say: "In Lee (Richard) is determined to win the bidding strategy, GTA and have decided to abandon the universal continue to follow up Congratulations Lee! Thank GTA and friends support! "[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Richard Li, the auction is the only "outsider", but its telecommunications industry background is also its biggest advantage, the future of automotive needs with intelligent integration of the telecommunications industry. Richard's business logic is set to auto and IT hardware and software, to create new business empire. He believes that IT has gone beyond the social networking and search engine category, "hardware and software trends in the IT industry in the future, especially mobile services, such as cloud computing."[/FONT] [FONT=宋] As a new attempt by the car, the new energy automobile enterprises pay more attention to intelligent technology, the industry leader in electric vehicles within three years of Tesla plans to build a "autopilot car", Henrik Fisker Fisker in charge when I had to try and telecommunications companies to cooperate.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Fisker has become the meat and potatoes[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Fisker was established in 2007, because of its hybrid electric vehicles by the program's product positioning smash hit, its debt crisis last spring, before the advent of asset valuation as high as $ 2.2 billion.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] But its first product Karma plug-in hybrid sports car after the launch did not get recognized by the market, dragging down the Fisker's next plan. The price of up to $ 100,000 of the models, in 2011 more than a year after the listing sold only 2450. Fisker continued losses, the biggest debt is a sum from the U.S. Department of Energy's $ 168 million loans outstanding.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] In March this year, one of the founders Henrik Fisker Fisker forced to flee. Soon, Fisker announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's inability to repay loans, the government sent a team to take over Fisker company restructuring proposal.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] However, the Chinese auto companies but this house is full of interest moribund companies, there have been Geely Automobile [microblogging] , Dongfeng Group, Beijing Automotive Group, Wanxiang Group sent a team to the United States Fisker survey to bid evaluation.However, the first three in the process of contact has quit, Wanxiang Group's VL GTA Motor Company and American companies come to the end.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] October 11 auction will be held on the eve of the U.S. Department of Energy, Wanxiang Group, general manager of the United States is still quite confident Ni band, he said: "We have not changed stance on Fisker."[/FONT] [FONT=宋] But Richard's idea of adding changing the Ni-frequency trajectory. Back in May of this year, was forced to flee Henrik Fisker made contact with Richard, expressed the hope that the company's willingness to re-charge Fisker. Fisker deliberate move, Richard funded, but also for Fisker Automotive has long been concerned, already its investors and shareholders.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Richard took his private investment firm Pacific Century Investments Fisker Automotive team conducted a more detailed investigation itself has the advantage of fully overshadowed the other competitors. A learned Fisker state debt auction auto analyst, said: "Richard did not give other bidders the opportunity, offer high to other bidders can not accept."[/FONT] [FONT=宋] October 14, the newspaper reporter called Richard Li Hong Kong company related departments, but did not get the purchase price and acquisition-related matters for information.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] The analysts believe that Richard has at least two advantages: First, in addition to repayment of debts on Fisker's bid much higher than other competitors. As previously quoted, the majority of bidders shouted down $ 20 million, the highest offer for the German investment company Fritz Nois AG out of $ 25 million, but Richard outset marked from 25 million to 30 million U.S. dollars; Second, Richard united founder Henrik Fisker Fisker auction.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] To the next big chess?[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Fisker in April 2011 launched the first product karma, in a pure electric drive driving under 80 km, then rely on hybrid can travel 403 kilometers, 100 kilometers acceleration time of 5.9 seconds and a top speed of 201 km / hours.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] However, the core technology is only that Fisker bodywork, chassis, hybrid control systems, control systems and other core technology from partner Quantum Technologies, Inc., Fisker is only right to use. It has also become a lot of negotiation were an important reason for the final exit.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] However, capital operation known "Little Superman" Richard the business logic behind it there: Richard fought for many years in the communications industry, which can use their acquired IT, communications technology, and resources into the automotive electronics and intelligent, but also for IT industry to find a new way out.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] According to the relevant information display, Li's PCCW and HKT, mainly engaged in the provision of local, mobile and international telecommunications services, Internet access services, interactive multimedia and pay-TV services, the sale and rental of telecommunications equipment, as well as the provision of computer, engineering and other technical services, investment and development of systems integration, network engineering, and technology-related businesses.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] For the IT industry, Lee made a clear judgment, he believes that search engines and social networks are outdated, hardware and software is the future trend of the IT industry, especially mobile services, such as cloud computing. Not long ago its sponsorship of the "2013 Shanghai Hong Kong and Taiwan Youth IT Summer Camp", the Richard speech, said: "I want to remind you that search and social networking has used up, you need to look further."[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Richard on the mobile Internet have a keen sense of smell, met in April this year NetDragon CFO Wu Chak Man, you invested NetDragon's mobile application platform, "91 Wireless", four months after the benefit of more than four-fold. He also saw the car manufacturers and telecommunications combined with the new business opportunities, such as Continental AG has been with CISCO Cisco telecommunications equipment manufacturers reached an agreement to jointly develop automotive autopilot.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] The combination with Fisker is Richard explore future IT industry and car interconnected a try. Over the past 10 years, the Internet has changed the world, but not in the traditional industries create enough value. Car manufacturers are loaded for the mobile Internet and work product, but its lack of IT-style thinking, often for the purpose multi-car dealers, auto manufacturers stakeholder stay in their own; but thinking more open Internet, it may be to the terminal module to the customer a tool in the industry chain to improve efficiency, reduce costs, improve management and supply chain.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] In the new car seems networked thinking, automobile, including mobile Internet of Things, sensors, cloud computing, big data, you need the traditional automotive manufacturers and other technology owners for defragmentation. Car of the future will have to enter two phases: between car and vehicle autopilot "talk" data transmission.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Li Ka-shing invested Europe route[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Richard's private acquisitions in recent years, mainly in the mobile Internet and insurance business, the end of the acquisition of ING Group (ING) of the life insurance business in Hong Kong, Macao and Thailand, after the acquisition of Fisker, Richard Li Ka-shing to follow his father to enter the European route is gradually revealed.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Li Ka-shing's family acquired under the auspices of the U.S. and Europe this year, accelerating investment, in which to complete the first half of 2013 to HK $ 24.9 billion acquisition of four in Europe, a move known as "Li Ka-shing Europe dips westward path."[/FONT] [FONT=宋] In June this year, Li Ka-shing invested € 943 million (approximately HK $ 9.7 billion) acquisition of Holland's largest waste-to-energy company AVR-Afvalverwerking BV; 2011, the eldest son Victor Li Ka-shing to £ 2.4 billion acquisition of the UK's largest water supply and sewage treatment companies an N orthum brian waterworks; Youyi 645 million pounds last year, the acquisition of British Gas.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] However, Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa chief operating ports, real estate, retail, infrastructure, energy, and telecommunications-based industry, overseas acquisitions also telecommunications and energy as the primary goal, in 2012 to € 900 million and its $ 125 million acquisition of telecommunications company Orange, Austria and Israel operations; 2010, Li Ka-shing to $ 9.1 billion from the EDF Group acquired the UK's electricity network business ED F Energy grid assets; earlier time Victor completed British "rabbit" telecommunications company acquisitions.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Market promotion of electric vehicles is currently the biggest problem is the lack of charging piles and standards difficult to unify. According to the U.S. information consulting firm IHS forecast global electric vehicle fast charging stations for the 5900, up to 15,200 next year, up to 199,000 in 2020, but Japan, Europe and the United States is not the same as the national standard.[/FONT] [FONT=宋] Lee family in the telecommunications and electricity on the "West" for Richard "future car" to provide technical and infrastructure support. Although Fisker has convenient charging technology, the first product Kama advantage of just 110 volts, 220 volts or 240 volt outlet charging is completed, but there are grid tie remains its key market.[/FONT] | |
Well, if everyone sues, they won't get much, but if a single owner sues, there is too much money involved and that owner would get paid, I would think. Why don't some of the Karma owers try to to be that single Karma owner that gets paid?
