Fisker is pointing to provider points as the explanation behind a sluggish manufacturing ramp-up of its Ocean electrical SUV.
The corporate on Friday reported that simply 1,022 Oceans have been produced within the second quarter at contractor Magna’s facility in Austria. This included a mixture of buyer vehicles and autos meant for “advertising and engineering functions,” a Fisker press launch mentioned.
The tempo of the Ocean’s launch has been sluggish. Manufacturing began on time in November 2022, however deliveries did not begin till six months later. These first vehicles went to Europe; U.S. deliveries have been as a consequence of begin June 19.
Fisker Ocean
Within the launch saying the Q2 manufacturing whole, Fisker mentioned some suppliers “had challenges ramping to focused Q2 ranges, as they didn’t obtain elements from sub-suppliers in a well timed method.”
“The corporate is targeted on working with all suppliers to ramp to the required volumes,” the discharge mentioned. “Fisker exceeded its focused meeting fee of 80 items per day and expects to autos produced to exceed 1,400 in early July.”
The automaker additionally mentioned it might put money into extra battery-pack capability, supporting “greater volumes than initially anticipated subsequent yr.” Fisker has additionally teased the thought of swappable batteries however hasn’t but gone into particulars.
2023 Fisker Ocean pre-production at Magna Steyr plant in Graz, Austria
The information follows the looks of what seem like extra detailed renderings of Fisker’s Undertaking Ronin electrical sports activities automobile. The renderings appeared on a Fisker fanatic’s Instagram web page, however not on the corporate’s official web page. Undertaking Ronin was introduced in 2022, concentrating on a 2024 launch.
In Might the corporate dramatically lowered its 2023 quantity expectations and delayed the Pear EV follow-up mannequin—though it did tease an off-road model of the Ocean.
