- Fisker EV owners have a list of certified service points
- Bankruptcy continues, production or resumption of production seems impossible
- Owners will not need to pay for recall repairs
Fisker owners in North America can rest easy this week knowing they will have access to an authorized network service centers for their Ocean EVs.
This news comes out on Tuesday from the Fisker Owners Association (FOA) after months of “working to identify stores that are interested in providing services. owners of the previously stranded Ocean.”
Initially, a list of Fisker service points can handle maintenance, including recallincludes 20 locations in the US and three in Canada. The link above, which will be kept updated, notes that the list of aid locations in Europe is “ongoing.”
One key to that, according to FOA, was access to Fisker's proprietary diagnostic tool, called FAST, which is required to operate the vehicles.
2023 Fisker Ocean One
It's the second positive piece of news in recent weeks that could help ensure Fisker owners have EVs that last for years—with more endurance. Earlier this month a notice on the automaker's website suggested owners would have to pay for a recall. After others pointed out how that could violate federal law, Fisker quietly changed its language to provide workers again.
Although based in California, Fisker has filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware in June. It is now well underway as a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which was good news for the owners as it required the company to continue working in some way through the process, with a plan to repay creditors. In recent weeks there has been a flurry of court documents as creditors ask for the money they are owed, and as those Fisker assets free of debts and claims are ordered to be liquidated.
2023 Fisker Ocean One
The chances of us ever seeing production of the product's promising Ocean EV again seem slim, given the nature of the EV's birth, development, and production. It relied on Magna Steyr of Austria as the contract manufacturer, although recall documents revealed that Magna's engineering debts were never fully paid. Fisker was in charge of the software for connecting and various aspects of car assembly. At the time of its bankruptcy, Fisker estimated debts of up to $500 million.
According to Automotive News last month, more than 800 owners have also retained Hagens Berman, the same firm that represented VW TDI owners and dealers in the automaker's diesel emissions scandal.