When this EV maker collapsed, its customers became the car company

Cristian Fleming paid astir $70,000 for his imagination car, a Fisker Ocean. He was drawn to the caller EV's 350-mile range, eco-friendly image, and quirky features similar "California Modes," which rolls down astir each model astatine once.

"I've ever bought my cars due to the fact that I emotion the mode they look," Fleming says. "That's astir apt my archetypal mistake."

But his joyousness soon turned sour. In June 2024, 7 months aft Fleming's purchase, Fisker collapsed into bankruptcy, having lone delivered 11,000 vehicles.

Early adopters were near with cars plagued by artillery failures, glitchy software, inconsistent cardinal fobs, and doorway handles that did not ever open. …

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