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Danish designer Henrik Fisker knows how to style a sexy car. Among his works is the BMW Z8, driven by James Bond in "The World Is Not Enough," where the sleek roadster gets sliced in two by a helicopter armed with giant saws.

Vice President Joe Biden is expected to announce Tuesday that a California luxury automaker will build plug-in hybrid electric vehicles at a former General Motors plant in Delaware.

Many critics of Tesla Motors, Inc. have continued to harp on the idea that the company's financial results are artificial and that it would eventually fall into financial straits as rival carmaker Fisker Automotive has in recent years .

We want a lot from our future cars. We want power with efficiency. More features and less distractions.

Recently, a story began to circulate around the web that a mysterious company calling itself Hybrid Support Solutions had been sending unsolicited emails out to Fisker Karma owners asking for nearly $4000.

Bad business partner or scapegoat? When it comes to battery maker A123 Systems and its role in Fisker Automotive 's troubles, one conveniently anonymous source says its the former, alleging that the extended-range plug-in vehicle maker had plenty of problems of its own, Fox Business says .

In recent months, the dire financial straits of Fisker Automotive have become even more apparent.

Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive have two things in common. They both make ground-breaking, high-end cars.

When building a tech company, it goes without saying that the type of technology your company is based upon is key to your company's success.

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The logo of an extended rage electric vehicle Fisker Karma is pictured at the start of an electric car rally from Tallinn to Monte-Carlo in Tallinn June 1, 2012.

If Bob Lutz is winding down, you wouldn't know it. The cigar-chomping former GM product chief is responsible, at least in part, for a host of cars you see on the road today - among them the Chevrolet Camaro, the Chevrolet Volt and the outgoing Cadillac CTS.

GM's Volt and Nissan's Leaf sales are pathetic. Fisker is going to be issued its last rites, A123 and CODA are going bankrupt, and Israel is now sitting shiva for a Better Place.

Bob Lutz, the former product chief at General Motors, has seen a lot of four-door sedans in his 81 years.

We reported a few days ago about Bob Lutz's reported bid for the embattled premium green auto brand, in partnership with China's Wanxiang Group , but a second group is emerging trying to make a bid for Fisker Automotive's assets, with none other than Henrik Fisker himself part of the investor group.

Henrik Fisker is working with an investor group to salvage Fisker Automotive, the "green" car company he co-founded nearly six years ago that is now struggling to stave off bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter said this week.

Electric car company Tesla paid back a controversial loan to the Department of Energy on Wednesday, a feat that sets it apart from other fledgling electric car start-ups and programs.

A team including former General Motors Co executive Bob Lutz and China's largest parts maker is looking to buy Fisker Automotive for $20 million, a fraction of the "green" car company's estimated worth almost a year and a half ago.