The US electric car manufacturer Fisker wants to set up its European headquarters in Munich. The location of the branch called “Matrix” is then close to the factory of the vehicle manufacturer Magna in Graz, Austria, where the electric SUV “Ocean” is to be built.

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The ocean should be in the fourth quarter 2022 come on the market. From Munich there is good access to the most important European vehicle markets, emphasized Fisker.

No MEB Contrary to speculation last summer, the Ocean will not be built on the basis of Volkswagen’s modular electrical construction kit (MEB), but on the Magna FM platform 29. The car should start 37. 500 US dollars upwards, it was said when the cooperation with Magna was announced.

Fisker Ocean (23 Pictures) When ” Luxury SUV “is Fisker’s name for his Ocean.

(Image: Fisker) In September Fisker opened a research center in San Francisco, and in mid-October the company announced that it would be building its headquarters in Los Angeles. Trading in new Fisker shares on the New York Stock Exchange is scheduled to begin today, Friday.

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