This story is part of our ongoing coverage of CES 2020, including tech and gadgets from the show.
If you had déjà vu while watching Fisker unveil the Ocean electric crossover at CES 2020, that’s probably because the young automaker traveled to the 2018 event to unveil a battery-powered luxury sedan called the EMotion (pictured above). . While the model is still on track for production, Digital Trendshas learned that it won’t arrive until the Ocean goes into production in 2021.
Company founder and CEO Henrik Fisker told Digital Trends that his team hasn’t forgotten about EMotion, but prefers to release cheaper, more volume-oriented models first. The price difference between the two is significant: The Ocean will start at $38,500 before local and state incentives enter the equation, while the EMotion will have a base price of around $130,000. The Ocean will be sold in much larger numbers than the Emotion.
Fisker has another reason for delaying the EMotion. While the Ocean will launch with a lithium-ion battery, the EMotion will get solid-state battery technology that is currently being developed. These high-end batteries will have a higher energy density than comparable lithium-ion units, while costing less, lasting longer and being safer. It will allow automakers to build better cars and banish autonomy anxiety to the automotive history books once and for all. Solid-state batteries are not yet ready for mass production, but research is progressing rapidly.
Finally, Fisker doesn’t feel it needs to prove it’s capable of developing a luxury sedan. “We made the Karma,” he told DT, referring to the plug-in hybrid sedan released by the last company he founded in 2012. It’s still in production but no longer associated with the designer or his new automaker. His design resume also includes the James Bond-esque BMW Z8 and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, among other high-end models.
There’s still no word on when the EMotion will go into production, but don’t expect to see it until 2022. Meanwhile, Fisker shed some light on how his company plans to distribute its future cars. Building a sales network is an expensive and time-consuming process that CEOs plan to avoid. “We take on the intermediary between us, who send the car, and you, who receive it. We do all the communication through the app,” he told Digital Trends.
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