The Plot Thickens for Fisker – Gets Hit with Federal Lawsuit

After losing its driving force, Henrik Fisker, and 75 percent of its employees, Fisker Automotive takes another blow. The fired workers are accusing the automaker of not having notified them in advance, and are calling the company's action illegal, bringing about a federal lawsuit. Their motivation for pursuing the legal way also probably stems from the fact that aside from being paid for their unused days off, there wasn't a severance package in sight. Read more »

Cash-Strapped Fisker Pulls the Plug on Most of its Workers and All Press Staff

According to reports citing inside sources from Fisker Automotive, the Anaheim, California-based carmaker has just laid off 160 of its employees, and has only kept a core group of 40 people to keep things running.

Matters have been going from bad to worse for the automaker over the course of the last twelve months, with its cars catching fire, drowning in New Jersey, having no battery packs and losing the creative driving force, co-founder Henrik Fisker, in addition to all of their well-documented money troubles.

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