Fisker to sell limited edition electric SUVs in India by Q4

US STARTUP Fisker said on Monday (Jul 17) it would produce 100 limited edition electric sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for the Indian market, and expects to begin deliveries in the fourth quarter this year.

The company had said in September it would begin selling its Ocean electric SUVs in India by July 2023, with local production beginning in a few years.

But it now expects to complete the final checks for the SUV, named Fisker Ocean Extreme Vigyan, for India by the end of September, with its pricing aligning with the European market. The Fisker Ocean Extreme is priced at 69,950 euros (S$103,874), excluding taxes, in Germany. That would equate to around 6.5 million Indian rupees. A Fisker Ocean SUV starts at US$37,499 in the United States.

Electric vehicles (EVs) make up just 1 per cent of the three million cars sold each year in India, with the government wanting to increase this share to 30 per cent by 2030. For this, the country has introduced several incentives, including tax breaks for consumers.

In India and across all regions outside China, the US and Europe, EV sales are expected to represent 2 per cent to 3 per cent of car sales in 2023, a relatively small yet growing share, according to data from the International Energy Agency.

Fisker has a secondary office in Hyderabad, India, and has about 100 employees in the country, according to its LinkedIn page.

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The California-based company has a contract manufacturing agreement with Magna International, which would produce the Ocean at its Austrian unit and ship it to India. Fisker also looks to produce its next EV, the smaller, five-seater Pear in India, with Foxconn. REUTERS