Fisker Automotive, which plans to build luxury hybrid electric and fossil fuel cars in the US, is reportedly raising $150m in capital privately, according to a document seen by newswire Bloomberg.
Henrik Fisker, chief executive of the car company, told Bloomberg the money would fund development of Fisker’s Nina, its second line of hybrids, although there is no document on the US regulator’s website currently. Including this most recent round of funding, the company has raised nearly $500m in private equity investments, Bloomberg said, from venture capital firms SeventySix Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and battery maker A123 Systems.
Fisker has also obtained about $550m from the US government.