Electric car maker Fisker files for bankruptcy

Fisker finished.

The company that became known as one of Tesla’s independent “killers” filed for Chapter 11 in Delaware on Monday.

“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. While impressive in some ways, the Fisker Ocean also gained a bad reputation due to poor design choices and numerous quality problemsinciting YouTuber Brownlee Brands to call it the “worst car” he’s ever reviewed.

It didn’t help that the company was in financial difficulty, leading to a complete bankruptcy. stop of the Ocean production in May.

The next step for Fisker, it seems, is to sell what’s left of the company and draw the curtains.

“After evaluating all options for our business, we have determined that proceeding with the sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path for the business,” reads the spokesperson’s statement. .

Besides the Ocean SUV – the only Fisker model ever released – the company had a few new models in the works, including a supercar called Ronina pickup called Kayakand a smaller, affordable car called Pear. It is now highly unlikely that we will ever see one on the road.