Fisker Sunset and Henrick Fisker interview

Having won awards for design work on the Karma, Henrik Fisker is not one to rest on his laurels. The Fisker Sunset is the retractable hardtop companion to the Karma and will debut a year later. Powered by the same Q DRIVE powertrain that’s in the Karma, the Sunset also has 403hp and can travel 50 miles without fuel. We spoke with Fairuz Jane Schlecht Color & Materials Design Manager Fisker Automotive who told us about the special features and process in the design of the Sunset. On the interior materials “what we are showing is our highest interior offering which is the eco sheik. This is our premier interior the eco sheik is compromised of 100% bamboo viscose textiles all over the ip, the doors, the package trays, and the seats” The seat insert is comprised of wool, which is a natural fiber content and the flooring is wool which is also natural fiber content. If you were to flip it over it reveals a flax backing which is a plant fiber.” “The wood on the interior is a rescue wood strategy, which we have trademarked. The rescue wood comes from trees in orange county that have burned as a result of fires that have been occurring there over the last 18 months so instead of Fisker going and taking trees that are alive we have strategies to take wood that have already been killed due to natural disaster. That is one of 3 strategies that we have.” On the exterior color “Inferno is just a clear coat base coat, it’s beautiful red metallic. It’s not a tri coat, it’s just a simple red base coat clear coat that we made as banging as possible.” “All the colors are derived from something natural, we have inferno red, white sand white, silver wind, we have devotion, we have shadow, we have eclipse, all of the colors came from something inspired from the earth. On Working with Fisker Automotive after her stint with Ford “Joining Fisker went from a singular experience to a group experience. There is not one thing I do that is derived only solely from me it’s absolutely a team experience and its because of a group brilliant people that all of this is achieved.” “it comes thru with a small team efficiently with so much fun and so much hard work” Sometimes I think was this what Henry Ford was doing in his first 8 months… sometimes when we are working late Henrik(Fisker) will come in and be casual with his jacket off and he will sit down with us and say hey how is everybody doing, how are you and he is so kind and he will just hand out with us and talk to us about what is inspiring us and how we are doing so sometimes I think is this how it was with Henry Ford when it was a small team. “ If Henry Ford used to hang out with his design team take off his hat and hang out and they would go out sometimes and talk about the day” “It’s a beautiful a beautiful thing its just a very nice place to be and we are going to preserve that.” www.fiskerautomotive.com
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