Electric vehicle startup Fisker Automotive Inc., which is producing its first car in Finland, is consolidating its research and design operations by transferring about 30 people from Michigan to its California facility.
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Fisker Automotive Inc. investor Ray Lane says he knows the auto industry bears little resemblance to the Internet and software businesses that have made him and his fellow venture capitalists successful.
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In two weeks Fisker Automotive Inc. expects to announce which plant in North America will assemble its mid-sized plug-in hybrid sedan starting in 2012.
Two venture capital firms are pumping $85 million into Fisker Automotive Inc. as the California automaker gears up for production of its first hybrid car due this fall.
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