I posted on here some time last year, Although I couldn't say much more at the time, I guess I can now.
Fisker always had an uphill struggle a premium car at the $100,000 price tag was always going to be a difficult market entry.
I was part of the launch team at Valmet in Ussikaupunki - make no mistake these were challenging times - although all vehicle launches are without exception.
The levels of frustration were immense, with poor information flow between Fisker and Valmet adding to the problems we faced - but VA are experts, they were making the porsche cayman at the time, I can't say that all the problems created in these areas were of Fiskers making, but on reflection they did not help themselves.
There has been a lot of talk regarding fiskers strengths, were they a design house, or a manufacturer, well take a look at the car, i think that answers the question.
Despite all the push back on release dates (3 + years) it always felt that development was concurrent in post launch and the customers were almost the goalkeepers for issues.
we launched with:
Awful fascia and decklid fits - upto 6 hrs of rework per car
Constantly shifting software, leading to vehicle harness issues and incorrect pin outs - hours and hours of re-work per car
I have more answers....
Fisker always had an uphill struggle a premium car at the $100,000 price tag was always going to be a difficult market entry.
I was part of the launch team at Valmet in Ussikaupunki - make no mistake these were challenging times - although all vehicle launches are without exception.
The levels of frustration were immense, with poor information flow between Fisker and Valmet adding to the problems we faced - but VA are experts, they were making the porsche cayman at the time, I can't say that all the problems created in these areas were of Fiskers making, but on reflection they did not help themselves.
There has been a lot of talk regarding fiskers strengths, were they a design house, or a manufacturer, well take a look at the car, i think that answers the question.
Despite all the push back on release dates (3 + years) it always felt that development was concurrent in post launch and the customers were almost the goalkeepers for issues.
we launched with:
Awful fascia and decklid fits - upto 6 hrs of rework per car
Constantly shifting software, leading to vehicle harness issues and incorrect pin outs - hours and hours of re-work per car
I have more answers....