The biggest problems with the first Fisker company was 1) A123 was a startup battery cell company and failed on many levels, 2) Valmet (the contractor for the Karma) is much less equipped to build an EV than Magna (BTW, ten years ago, Magna designed and built the Ford Focus EV drivetrain). Currently Magna is on a different level than Valmet. 3) problems with the BMW/GM engines for the PHEV side of things were a mess (exhaust setup causing fires, etc). The design of the PHEV system was only half as efficient as the contemporary Chevy Volt. 4) Lastly, performance in general (5.9 sec 0-60) not great for a $100K+ car. I think just going EV for the new company will be less of a headache since PHEVs are so complicated.