A ton of early Fisker employees bought Ocean Ones…. Imagine giving the company you work for $70k, then the vehicle depreciates to half its value, then they lay you off…..
There’s a fisker dealer near San Diego that seems quite literally abandoned. I visited at noon on a Saturday, and the entire lot was covered in dust. The only person on the property was a security guard who could tell me that nobody was there 😭
As far as the buying and shipping process, its easy to understand how overwhelming it would be for the base employees after a 50% cut in price. The CEOs dont care about a few weeks of rush for them.
Im a good friend of someone in upper management there. The price slash, wasn't to make money so that they can survive. Its ONLY to get rid of the units they have built, or parts. They don't want to be stuck with anything.
@@andrebillups4079 you gotta spend money to make money and this company already lost a lot of money so you gotta recoup as much as you can after that loss. Crazy thing is how are people going to get parts for a car that's not being made anymore? Does the warranty hold weight and if so who's going to supply that demand?
I was excited to hear about a $25,000 small electric SUV, but when I realized that the Ultra and the Extreme were so closely priced after the discounts, I knew they didn't have any of the Sports. Why would you price the Sport at $10,000 under the mid-tier? The only explanation is for marketing. They knew there were no Sport models available, so they priced it at a point that seemed low enough for consumers who are unsure of electric cars still, but high enough that it didn't sound like a complete, outright lie.
There are far better cheap options now arriving certainly now arriving in Europe at least the new Citroen 3c3 is supposed to be about 25,000 euros not as plush as the Fisker but at least it'll work and you'll geta warranty. The new Fiat 600 La Prima starts at £26,000and the 500 at £28,000.
@@norfolkngood8960 I will agree that in other markets, more options are available, but not all are necessarily better options. The Citroen 3c3 scored 0 stars safety rating by the NCAP. At the time of this comment, I believe the Fisker Ocean and the Fiat 600 are untested. However, in the US market, we don't have a ton of reliable, long range options. The cheapest new electric vehicle currently is the Nissan Leaf, which still runs $29,000 with a range of 149 miles. If you live rural and drive to work every day, you can easily out range 149 miles a day, especially considering electric cars are less efficient at highway speeds. Between the lack of a good charging network and battery degradation on lower range electric cars, many Americans want higher ranges. Ultimately though, opting for something over over 200 miles means the cheapest option starts at $36,000. Given everything going on right now, many Americans just can't afford to pay that kind of money for a car, so we stick with ICE vehicles, which is disappointing, but what can you do. Hybrids exist, but companies keep putting CVT transmissions into them without fixing the issues that are leaving many owners in rentals for months at a time (unfortunately that comes from experience).
I'm genuinely curious what is attractive about an EV to people? cause I genuinely have no clue how they caught on at all and I've driven 20+ of them at this point.
Hopefully if Fisker will do the right thing and open source the car software so people in the community can attempt to fix it. But I doubt that they will and a ton of people will be stuck with perfectly good cars with broken software that will never be fixed. Most of which will end up in a landfill once the owners get tired of dealing with all of the software issues. When a company goes bankrupt it should be required by law that the source code for the software used in that product to be open sourced so that the community can continue support if they want.
Thank you for taking the time to inform viewers of shady practices. I'm sure there's a Fisker insider somewhere that would be willing to spill the beans.
There will be plenty in a month once they file bankruptcy and the non disclosure papers are not even worthy to be toilet roll, a company breaching its contract by not paying its staff nor existing isnt capable of enforcing non disclosure so then there will be hundreds willing to speak.. Austin could probably even get the same guy who sold it to him to come on follow up
As someone who regularly pays the early adopter tax, this is egregious. I bought the framework 13 AMD edition on launch. It was a mess but it was a functional product, and I was actually able to buy one. I purchased first gen AMD ryzen on launch. It was a buggy mess and it needed a lot of improvement, but I could buy one. I have uaed Radeon GPUs in servers and now in my gaming PC for a while now. They're buggy messes, but I can at least buy them. With fisker, you can't even fucking buy their product. Like, originally it was just a buggy mess and it needed improvement but now you can't even get a damn car.
Fisker failed once. Really there was nothing to show that Henrik Fisker did much differently. The details matter and one should always do their homework when being an early adopter. I often do use early products...but I usually do enough research that I go into it eyes wide open. EVs are not early products now. But Fisker Ocean was a gamble from a company that had too many vendors to pay with too much of a margin of failure. Rivian and Lucid had more than enough runway where they could withstand early issues and early low numbers. Fisker from the beginning didn't have enough and was very clear they didn't have enough from the start. You don't take the gamble yourself if you have limited funds on a large purchase like this. Broad rules are usually stupid....an informed adaptable mindset is usually best
You can be an early adopter/access to something like a video game or something not so major/serious if you feel strongly about it but early access/adopter of a car is insane considering safety not only to you but other people on the road. The problem with this company is you can't release cars like this on an alpha build 💀
When I worked for Fisker They only had the Ocean one , Extreme, and Ultra but sport was supposed to come in mid-March but sadly I was laid off management was not great there was no communication at all the people I worked with the technicians were amazing group of people I worked with at Buena Park. If you have a fisker in SoCal they just closed the service center in Huntington Beach, but you can walk in at La Palma delivery center.
That’s all electric vehicles. The fad is coming to an end and people are realizing ev’s are stupid, the future is not electric even tesla is suffering.
Happened over here in the UK, used Fiskers including the Extreme are around £40,000 when you can pick up a Sport model (yes, a sport model) for £32,000
I have memories of driving the Fisker Karma in Gran Turismo 6 and thinking it was a pretty decent concept, and then I heard nothing about them for years until MKBHD made his video about the Ocean. It's a shame they're falling apart because I think they had some good ideas, but just struggled with the execution of them.
There is a dealer I visit every so often because they sell a lot of high end cars, but they also get these completely random cars sometimes. They had both the Cybertruck and a Fisker Ocean at the same time. To be honest, the Fisker in person does look pretty clean. But based off of all the reviews and drama, it seems that’s probably the only redeemable thing. I did think the video of one of the higher ups trying to contact Marques was pretty funny.
@@SuperSxeMatt see if we can come up with this why can't they... They should try and court each other and legally everybody will be happy. Elon will get properly designed beautiful cars and so will we and Henrik will get paid with no rush of running the company into the ground
@@JamaicanMeCrazy I think Tesla's look great, im a little different and not a super fan of the new refresh model 3. But I think the Ocean appeals to people however there's a lot of small issues which leads to big issues with the car. I think the company is being ran terrible and will hopefully be bought out by someone.
Oh, forgot to mention. They made, from what I was told by a very reliable source, they made about 100 Sport models. One of the guys that has a RUclips channel, not mentioning names, he has one. BUT, it appears the advertising hype that they had them during the fire sale, that appears to not be true. Multiple people have looked for the Sport model and no one could find one within the available inventory and using the configure your Ocean, the Sport model can be configured but that means that you are configuring a model that is not yet built and seems like it never will be and, for those, they are not discounted in the available inventory section.
Now you got me thinking to check out my local Dealership here in Vista Ca. They moved into abuilding that BMW moved from back last November . They looked busy for 2 months . I still see 15 or so cars out front but read the building is abandoned all ready. I drive past it 2 or 3 times a week but never went to check them out. Bike trip...
@@user-nw1wc1jo4lFisker Karma MSRP was around $100,000. The average price for a used one is around $32,000. That’s nearly 70% devalued of its original price. The fisker ocean already devalued around 40% of its original price tag (for the spec Austin was shopping for). You can expect it to be as low as that price in a couple years because there would be no demand for consumers since other automakers provide better EVs for a better value.
@@user-nw1wc1jo4l In Sweden there is an Extreme version (with 5.000 miles) listed at USD17' (excl. VAT) on a dealer auction this tuesday. I am pretty sure no one will make a bid. So below 15k is not very far away.
I remember watching the first fisker from like 2010-2011 and they looked cool but I quickly watched them fail and shut down. Was surprised to see them come back and it looks like they are doing the same thing again
I had a chance to look at one of these extreme models in person and I’m honestly bummed that the company failed. The shape is cool like a Range Rover, faster than cars usually that size it being electric, and all the tech in there seemed cool even though I’m a tactile button guy
Got to feel for the staff. I'm sure people across sales, delivery, support, and manufacturing have been working their buts off, not only to keep their paycheck coming for a few more weeks or get one more commission but also because they hoped if they could get enough sales over the line, it could save the company in the medium term.
It's always the upper-management that ruins a company; a sales rep won't be able to destroy the company that they work for. Even if they hated the company and wanted to, they simply don't have the power to do so.
Don’t underestimate the impact front line workers have. Upper management is obviously the one driving the ship but the people who are having the day to day interactions with customers are who ultimately leave the biggest impression. Companies like Tesla work because of their creepy cult-like following that was built from the small things.
This isn't an EV problem, I see people berating EVs and holding this up as an example. This nothing to do with the fuel source, all car manufacturers make bad stuff (yes Ford ecoboost 3 cylinder i'm looking at you and VW with dieselgate as 2 examples) this is to do with bad management at a car company and shoving out unfinished products. That can happen to any product whether it be EV, diesel, petrol or white goods or anything. It's happened in the software industry for years now, push out software like a game that's a mess and then needs patches. The internet and broadband has allowed those companies to get away with it further as it's now a lot easier for large patches to download and nearly computers are online most of the time. The car industry seems to be following the same route with car software, shove the car out and then send OTA patches to get bugs fixed and get it working. Governments need to get a handle on this right now, maybe we need a version of ATOL for the car industry to protect car buyers from bad cars, bad companies and collapses like this especially given the vast number of startups making cars now
Fisker is so sad. First the Karma. Absolutely wonderful car, but it failed miserably. And now the Ocean, and the sane thing. I really want Fisker to succeed, but they just can never get anything right.
Hard to comprehend why anyone would pay $70K or so for a "car" from a company with no track record of producing vehicles. Particularly when the head honcho of that company has already failed at producing a functioning vehicle.
austin just wanted a fisker lol. and realized alot of people got scammed lmao. fisker is only good at designing cars but not be a manufacturer, why people thought this would be successful is beyond me.
Back when I was getting a new car (about a year ago) these were being heavily advertised and I'm so glad I took the safe option and didn't bet on a new manufacturer and just went with my Hyundai ioniq 5
Even applying for a job with them when they first opened up their Chelsea location for the showroom was difficult. All of their auto fill selections didn't work and you had to double input your resume even if you uploaded it.
Fisker is older than what you mentioned. It started in 07 and first made the Karma. It failed by 2011. Company went bankrupt and all assets for the karma bought by a Chinese investment company who still makes Karma under Karma Automtive. Fisker, the name and man behind the company kept logo and name, new Fisker Inc was launched in 2018
At what point does the price make sense? Im seeing a lot floating around 27k and im feeling tempted to make a dumb decision. What happens if fisker dies again? No more support, no more parts? I really wnat to know what parts are proprietary and what could be replaced with something else.
I think a huge problem with these newer car companies, is they're trying to build their company up the wrong way round. If you're starting a boat building company, you don't start out trying to build and sell multi-million dollar yachts and super-yachts. You start out with dinghies and smaller river/fishing boats and work up from there. Gain a reputation and customer base and use that to help you climb up the business size rungs. Modern car companies are ALL trying to skip those steps and get right to the top straight away, and then wonder why they keep failing. Tesla only succeeded because it had someone who was already extremely rich behind it, they were one of the first to truly figure out electric cars properly, and they focused on building a regular-ass looking car rather than a giant SUV monstrosity. But they've had their own teething issues they've had to weather.
It seems they're not trying to draw to much attention internationally about the issues, steep depreciation or how in the USA they've halved the cost of the top vehicle... On Fisker's UK website, that car Austin spec out is still retailing for £68,945 - There's no discounts as far as I could see over here.
The Extreme's in-stock in the UK are about £43k and the Ultras about £42 k. They have about 40 discounted 2023 cars for sale on the UK site. Similar discounts in Europe aswell. For some reason Fisker decided to ship the majority of the 2023 units all the way to the US, which is why the discounts there are much larger.
Your the reason I build pc’s really helped me find my passion for computers, coming to realize it came very naturally for me. Thank you for being an inspiration and showing people the in depth world of technology.
Fisker proclaimed that the Ocean is the Most Sustainable Car in the World! Today, it's the Least Sustainable Sustainable Car in the World. What a difference in just a few months?
imagine cutting the price of a car by half because its a year old trim. that just shows how much itll be worth in a couple years. itll be worth in the low 10's thousands in the first 2-4 years
If I am not mistaken, this video tells a FAKE story, and I do not doubt that this GUY is not telling the truth. We need to listen to the other side of the story “ FISKER” I see that many content creators and RUclipsrs are overblown the concerns about FISKSR. Which absolutely disgusting?
Holy shaba. Fisker just became the "I bought this car for $700 as my first car" of the 21st century. [For context, remember how our parents/grandparents used to say they got their first car used for a couple hundred buck back in the 60s-80s? yea, we're at that point for EVs here in 2024]
I saw one at a charger the other day after seeing Marques' video and could just think "oof." And then saw one for sale on FB Marketplace for $55 from a guy who's listing said "do some research on what I have before messaging" lmao
If you're going to feel burned when the price of your car in used market falls, then don't buy a car. A car is a tool, not an investment. You buy it to use it because you need it. Every car loses value when you drive it off the lot. My real problem with Fisker is the maintenance after the company fails
Yup, the clown show that is Fisker Inc can only be blamed on one person: Henrik Fisker! Yes, he is gifted as a car designer, but he has zero business skills but is genuinely interested to enrich himself and his own family. After the eventual bankruptcy, this should be a case study in what not to do in launching an EV car startup.
Fisker in 2012: * builds a car, creates massive hype and sells a marginal amount of cars before going bankrupt * Fisker 10 years later: "I'll f*cking do it again!"
Had to downvote this video for two reasons: 1. This was the hardest I’ve ever seen Austin show he wants his channel to be like Marqueses. Be your own thing bro - that’s why I’m here. 2. All of his silly justification for not buying the car - making this video pointless - when the depreciation and everything he spoke about was going to happen even if the purchase went through. And it’s not like any of it was even a surprise because you could tell it was going to happen before he even started the process.
This is why you don't buy from a new company until they have been six established for at least 5 years. Which means actually deliver their product on time.
you didn't even get to drive it? no way. You won't be able to get parts for it if in accident nor get dealer service on it . With tax that's over $42k, same price as a Tesla Y on discount..and Teslas hold their value.
Here’s some more insight on what happened to Fisker unfortunately their logistics wasn’t really up to par because it was practically nonexistent. The reason why I know this is because my father was actually a coordinated Director of logistics for Fisker before they laid him off literally 3 weeks ago. Him and his team are were building the logistics system to move parts from in and out of country through all the various warehouses and factories. That’s why Fisker was not delivering cars, it took nearly twice as long for them to get the parts to make those cars.
First time I'd ever heard of Fisker was an episode of Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family, where he got one for being Complex Man of the Year. Since then, the only times I'd hear of it was in songs. Childish Gambino and Jaden Smith have both mentioned Fiskers. I thought they were doing very well, apparently not lol
What Fisker should do is when they near their inevitable, at this point, end, release the OS to the public and make the car actually user updateable, this way those who actually got one, could, with the help of the community, try to fix bugs, and add new features to make it a stable vehicle.
I understand why you didn’t go through with it but I think you should have anyway. You would have easily made back the money doing a video every 3 months going over the state of the company and car.
I had a fisker dealer down the road from me when I was young in Miami I don't know what happened to that side of the company but it closed when I moved to Orlando. Now everyone says it's a new brand with the same logo
You guys remember the first Fisker? Henrik worked for Aston Martin and partnered with Tesla or something. Stole designs and ideas from Tesla while he was working with them and started this company back in the day. I think the company went bankrupt back in the day. Even Justin Bieber had a chromed out fisker. The Fisker Karma was even in Gran Turismo on the ps3.
They also got a 1/2 billion dollar US Dept of Energy loan in 2009/10. They only got $128 million before the gov't realized they were not fulfilling the terms & conditions of the loan. Also the Fisker company kicked out Mr. Fisker. I know this because I worked for the firm that got them that loan. I was staffer, not a lobbyest.
A company that’s going out of business because of tough economic times and business hardships isn’t a scam. They sold a product, the people got the product they bought they just made a bad buying decision happens everyday.
Happy that you actually tried to buy the company to save it and bring it to greater heights that only Austin can, Not Duncan. Seems this company had real potential tbh, idk if they got the worse end of what the entire EV industry is going through or they doubted giving you a car knowing the company might not see tomorrow, but if they just sticked it through and gave you a car and still used the last bit they have to work on software etc they'd probabl still pull through with that potential.
Due to the current economic situation of the manufacturer Fisker Group Inc. and the Fisker sales companies in Europe, there is a risk of limited support and limited services for the vehicles. Buyers must expect a permanent loss of the enforceability of claims for material defects and warranty claims. By concluding a vehicle purchase contract after April 3, 2024, the buyer of a Fisker Ocean declares that he has been informed accordingly and nevertheless wishes to purchase a Fisker Ocean in view of the risk described.
I would possibly buy the fire sale because I’m interested in tinkering with it, but it would need to be a daily driver for me. And that doesn’t make for a good tinkering car.
I dont know about you but I feel like this was just bandwaggoning in the fisker scam trend, Ive been watching Austin for quite literally more than 7 years now and Im pretty sure he never actually intended to buy the car. Im positive it was just for clout
Buying one of those cars makes sense only if you’re able to make your own replacement parts and software updates. With a little collaboration from the dying company, there could be a viable DIY community, but I doubt it.
Honestly can't blame the employees, they are probably all busy looking for another job so you'll get lots of runarounds. When the ship is sinking, everyone is busy finding ways off of it, you won't get good customer service and that should be expected.
Honestly buying random items from Teemu seems like a much safer deal now.
he is the most succesful finnish ice hockey player of all time.
@@Combba6bro temu is a Chinese company like ali express he’s not talking about a hockey player
Well Fiska is owned by the Chinese
Well, temp doesn't sponsor like fisker.
bro, he spent 40k for this video at least. Thats a new record.
A ton of early Fisker employees bought Ocean Ones…. Imagine giving the company you work for $70k, then the vehicle depreciates to half its value, then they lay you off…..
It sounds like a very successful Ponzi scheme to me😂
There’s a fisker dealer near San Diego that seems quite literally abandoned. I visited at noon on a Saturday, and the entire lot was covered in dust. The only person on the property was a security guard who could tell me that nobody was there 😭
You mean like no one was in the sales department?
@@user-nw1wc1jo4lif the lot is covered in grime and dust, then I don't think there were any salesmen able to sell any cars
It's not a dealer it's where they store Oceans.
I pass by that Vista location often. It’s a sad place lol
Its actually a rebranded BMW dealership.
Insane how a company that was hyped up to be the next big thing back in 2012 failed, and was given over a decade to try again, the. just failed again.
It’s owned by a Chinese emoting company so they probably don’t care
@@CricketEnglandit isn’t, that was henrik fisker’s previous company and his new company is a mess of his own
Hemlo floofy
Failed ?? Henrik ran away with hundreds of millions of dollars.
@@CricketEngland As above it was not Chinese owned, they have now bought the name after the bankruptcy.
As far as the buying and shipping process, its easy to understand how overwhelming it would be for the base employees after a 50% cut in price. The CEOs dont care about a few weeks of rush for them.
Im a good friend of someone in upper management there. The price slash, wasn't to make money so that they can survive. Its ONLY to get rid of the units they have built, or parts. They don't want to be stuck with anything.
damn, that's crazy.
I've seen many companies close down with tons of inventory that just got left in the building or were just given away. In the end it's money lost
Either way it’s still to make money
@@andrebillups4079 you gotta spend money to make money and this company already lost a lot of money so you gotta recoup as much as you can after that loss.
Crazy thing is how are people going to get parts for a car that's not being made anymore? Does the warranty hold weight and if so who's going to supply that demand?
You just tipped their hand. They about file bankruptcy. Lol
Damn 14 minutes of blue balls
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Muh balls red
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Se rajo 😅
Fiskers don't make noise when they start up, just so you know
Childish gambino.
TOP OF THE ******* TOTEM RICH RICH RICH RICH FOREVER MY FATHER OWNED HALF OF MOMA AND DID IT WITH NO DIPLOMA
No shit
@@kennyhartsook2977 joke went over your head huh? lmao
It was pretty sad but their software is so buggy and the cars are pretty ugly
The channel fans in the Fisker dealership: omg Austin what are you doing here I love your channel!!!
Austin: damn it you just sold me out
Just bought a Fisker Ocean at a fire sale. Now waiting for the fire department to show up
lmao (laughing my ass off)
@@Genny_Wooit’s not that funny
Yes it is 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂@@CricketEngland
ROFL (Roll On Floor Laughing) @@Genny_Woo
@@Genny_Wooyou’re an npc (non playable character)
I'm glad your cover as a youtubers was blown. We know some people treat youtubers better for publicity but you got the reach around.
I was excited to hear about a $25,000 small electric SUV, but when I realized that the Ultra and the Extreme were so closely priced after the discounts, I knew they didn't have any of the Sports. Why would you price the Sport at $10,000 under the mid-tier? The only explanation is for marketing. They knew there were no Sport models available, so they priced it at a point that seemed low enough for consumers who are unsure of electric cars still, but high enough that it didn't sound like a complete, outright lie.
There are far better cheap options now arriving certainly now arriving in Europe at least the new Citroen 3c3 is supposed to be about 25,000 euros not as plush as the Fisker but at least it'll work and you'll geta warranty. The new Fiat 600 La Prima starts at £26,000and the 500 at £28,000.
@@norfolkngood8960 I will agree that in other markets, more options are available, but not all are necessarily better options. The Citroen 3c3 scored 0 stars safety rating by the NCAP. At the time of this comment, I believe the Fisker Ocean and the Fiat 600 are untested.
However, in the US market, we don't have a ton of reliable, long range options. The cheapest new electric vehicle currently is the Nissan Leaf, which still runs $29,000 with a range of 149 miles. If you live rural and drive to work every day, you can easily out range 149 miles a day, especially considering electric cars are less efficient at highway speeds. Between the lack of a good charging network and battery degradation on lower range electric cars, many Americans want higher ranges.
Ultimately though, opting for something over over 200 miles means the cheapest option starts at $36,000. Given everything going on right now, many Americans just can't afford to pay that kind of money for a car, so we stick with ICE vehicles, which is disappointing, but what can you do. Hybrids exist, but companies keep putting CVT transmissions into them without fixing the issues that are leaving many owners in rentals for months at a time (unfortunately that comes from experience).
I'm genuinely curious what is attractive about an EV to people? cause I genuinely have no clue how they caught on at all and I've driven 20+ of them at this point.
Hopefully if Fisker will do the right thing and open source the car software so people in the community can attempt to fix it. But I doubt that they will and a ton of people will be stuck with perfectly good cars with broken software that will never be fixed. Most of which will end up in a landfill once the owners get tired of dealing with all of the software issues. When a company goes bankrupt it should be required by law that the source code for the software used in that product to be open sourced so that the community can continue support if they want.
Thank you for taking the time to inform viewers of shady practices.
I'm sure there's a Fisker insider somewhere that would be willing to spill the beans.
There will be plenty in a month once they file bankruptcy and the non disclosure papers are not even worthy to be toilet roll, a company breaching its contract by not paying its staff nor existing isnt capable of enforcing non disclosure so then there will be hundreds willing to speak.. Austin could probably even get the same guy who sold it to him to come on follow up
I'm pretty sure there will be a book or two.
Just wait until the company goes bankrupt and the NDAs are null and void.
I think Dankpods would be getting the 1 grit out. This is the ultimate Electric Nugget
Huh???
Good on ya m8!
@@user-nw1wc1jo4ldankpods (RUclips channel) looks at junky electronics and frequently smashes them with a rock called 1 grit
Gonna knock down a couple pkcells with this nugget
Dankpods needs to make a video on this car I wanna hear his opinions and insults
The donut shirt in this episode is chef's kiss
This is yet another reason why I refuse to buy in to anything as an early adopter or in early access...
As someone who regularly pays the early adopter tax, this is egregious. I bought the framework 13 AMD edition on launch. It was a mess but it was a functional product, and I was actually able to buy one. I purchased first gen AMD ryzen on launch. It was a buggy mess and it needed a lot of improvement, but I could buy one. I have uaed Radeon GPUs in servers and now in my gaming PC for a while now. They're buggy messes, but I can at least buy them. With fisker, you can't even fucking buy their product. Like, originally it was just a buggy mess and it needed improvement but now you can't even get a damn car.
Fisker failed once. Really there was nothing to show that Henrik Fisker did much differently. The details matter and one should always do their homework when being an early adopter. I often do use early products...but I usually do enough research that I go into it eyes wide open.
EVs are not early products now. But Fisker Ocean was a gamble from a company that had too many vendors to pay with too much of a margin of failure. Rivian and Lucid had more than enough runway where they could withstand early issues and early low numbers. Fisker from the beginning didn't have enough and was very clear they didn't have enough from the start. You don't take the gamble yourself if you have limited funds on a large purchase like this.
Broad rules are usually stupid....an informed adaptable mindset is usually best
You can be an early adopter/access to something like a video game or something not so major/serious if you feel strongly about it but early access/adopter of a car is insane considering safety not only to you but other people on the road. The problem with this company is you can't release cars like this on an alpha build 💀
When I worked for Fisker They only had the Ocean one , Extreme, and Ultra but sport was supposed to come in mid-March but sadly I was laid off management was not great there was no communication at all the people I worked with the technicians were amazing group of people I worked with at Buena Park. If you have a fisker in SoCal they just closed the service center in Huntington Beach, but you can walk in at La Palma delivery center.
How ironic that a CAR company struggled selling a CAR. Like what are they doing?
That’s all electric vehicles. The fad is coming to an end and people are realizing ev’s are stupid, the future is not electric even tesla is suffering.
Fisher is owned by a Chinese company so what do you expect
@@CricketEngland yeah u right
@@CricketEngland henrik fisker isn't chinese and magna-steyr, the manufacturers, are austrian, wdym?
They went bust in the past too, google the fisker karma.
I love the new direction this channel is taking, makes me feel excited for every new upload again! Austin on the ground is awesome
Happened over here in the UK, used Fiskers including the Extreme are around £40,000 when you can pick up a Sport model (yes, a sport model) for £32,000
I have memories of driving the Fisker Karma in Gran Turismo 6 and thinking it was a pretty decent concept, and then I heard nothing about them for years until MKBHD made his video about the Ocean. It's a shame they're falling apart because I think they had some good ideas, but just struggled with the execution of them.
There is a dealer I visit every so often because they sell a lot of high end cars, but they also get these completely random cars sometimes. They had both the Cybertruck and a Fisker Ocean at the same time. To be honest, the Fisker in person does look pretty clean. But based off of all the reviews and drama, it seems that’s probably the only redeemable thing. I did think the video of one of the higher ups trying to contact Marques was pretty funny.
That's because Henrik is a great designer . But a great businessman he is not.
I agree, I think design looks amazing. I own a Model Y and I would rather have the design look of an ocean. But the Software of a Tesla
@@SuperSxeMatt see if we can come up with this why can't they... They should try and court each other and legally everybody will be happy. Elon will get properly designed beautiful cars and so will we and Henrik will get paid with no rush of running the company into the ground
@@JamaicanMeCrazy I think Tesla's look great, im a little different and not a super fan of the new refresh model 3. But I think the Ocean appeals to people however there's a lot of small issues which leads to big issues with the car. I think the company is being ran terrible and will hopefully be bought out by someone.
The Fisker cars are being produced in Austria - Graz. There have been new for months that the Production line will close...
Fisker cooking some books
Oh, forgot to mention. They made, from what I was told by a very reliable source, they made about 100 Sport models. One of the guys that has a RUclips channel, not mentioning names, he has one. BUT, it appears the advertising hype that they had them during the fire sale, that appears to not be true. Multiple people have looked for the Sport model and no one could find one within the available inventory and using the configure your Ocean, the Sport model can be configured but that means that you are configuring a model that is not yet built and seems like it never will be and, for those, they are not discounted in the available inventory section.
Now you got me thinking to check out my local Dealership here in Vista Ca. They moved into abuilding that BMW moved from back last November . They looked busy for 2 months . I still see 15 or so cars out front but read the building is abandoned all ready. I drive past it 2 or 3 times a week but never went to check them out. Bike trip...
I cant wait for the price to go down below 15k
will never happen.
@@user-nw1wc1jo4loh it will secondhand when you take depreciation into the equation
What would it matter since they don't even have one to sell anyway?
@@user-nw1wc1jo4lFisker Karma MSRP was around $100,000. The average price for a used one is around $32,000. That’s nearly 70% devalued of its original price. The fisker ocean already devalued around 40% of its original price tag (for the spec Austin was shopping for). You can expect it to be as low as that price in a couple years because there would be no demand for consumers since other automakers provide better EVs for a better value.
@@user-nw1wc1jo4l In Sweden there is an Extreme version (with 5.000 miles) listed at USD17' (excl. VAT) on a dealer auction this tuesday. I am pretty sure no one will make a bid. So below 15k is not very far away.
I remember watching the first fisker from like 2010-2011 and they looked cool but I quickly watched them fail and shut down. Was surprised to see them come back and it looks like they are doing the same thing again
I had a chance to look at one of these extreme models in person and I’m honestly bummed that the company failed. The shape is cool like a Range Rover, faster than cars usually that size it being electric, and all the tech in there seemed cool even though I’m a tactile button guy
It still looks better than any Tesla ever made...
Not better than the s & x
That used bar of soap looks better than Tesla. Nope
Got to feel for the staff. I'm sure people across sales, delivery, support, and manufacturing have been working their buts off, not only to keep their paycheck coming for a few more weeks or get one more commission but also because they hoped if they could get enough sales over the line, it could save the company in the medium term.
It's always the upper-management that ruins a company; a sales rep won't be able to destroy the company that they work for. Even if they hated the company and wanted to, they simply don't have the power to do so.
Don’t underestimate the impact front line workers have. Upper management is obviously the one driving the ship but the people who are having the day to day interactions with customers are who ultimately leave the biggest impression. Companies like Tesla work because of their creepy cult-like following that was built from the small things.
Thank you for making a video like this. I have known about the issues with Fisker for a while now.
This isn't an EV problem, I see people berating EVs and holding this up as an example. This nothing to do with the fuel source, all car manufacturers make bad stuff (yes Ford ecoboost 3 cylinder i'm looking at you and VW with dieselgate as 2 examples) this is to do with bad management at a car company and shoving out unfinished products. That can happen to any product whether it be EV, diesel, petrol or white goods or anything. It's happened in the software industry for years now, push out software like a game that's a mess and then needs patches.
The internet and broadband has allowed those companies to get away with it further as it's now a lot easier for large patches to download and nearly computers are online most of the time.
The car industry seems to be following the same route with car software, shove the car out and then send OTA patches to get bugs fixed and get it working.
Governments need to get a handle on this right now, maybe we need a version of ATOL for the car industry to protect car buyers from bad cars, bad companies and collapses like this especially given the vast number of startups making cars now
Ha ... perfect. Wanted to hear your thoughts on this! Saved me a trip to the Grove.
Fisker is so sad. First the Karma. Absolutely wonderful car, but it failed miserably. And now the Ocean, and the sane thing. I really want Fisker to succeed, but they just can never get anything right.
Hard to comprehend why anyone would pay $70K or so for a "car" from a company with no track record of producing vehicles. Particularly when the head honcho of that company has already failed at producing a functioning vehicle.
I’ve been driving it since December 3rd. I push it to the limits every day and absolutely love the drive here in Florida!
Man that's wild that a company that would assume would want people's money, didn't even take yours on the spot until a few weeks later.
They never took his money, he decided not to buy it....
austin just wanted a fisker lol. and realized alot of people got scammed lmao. fisker is only good at designing cars but not be a manufacturer, why people thought this would be successful is beyond me.
Back when I was getting a new car (about a year ago) these were being heavily advertised and I'm so glad I took the safe option and didn't bet on a new manufacturer and just went with my Hyundai ioniq 5
Near impossible to try replacing all the car parts after the company goes under
And yes. This kind of videos does not help the company and therefore not the car owners.
Even applying for a job with them when they first opened up their Chelsea location for the showroom was difficult. All of their auto fill selections didn't work and you had to double input your resume even if you uploaded it.
Having to enter the info on your resume again is not uncommon. Most resume parsers are just bad.
You're just describing any job application website.
They don't have, and have never had, a Chelsea location.
@matpat2636 yes they do. Theyre on hudson street and 14th Street next to the apple store.
@@jagenigma 🤣🤣🤣 You mean the NYC store!!! I thought you meant Chelsea in London! Sorry. 😉
Fisker is older than what you mentioned. It started in 07 and first made the Karma. It failed by 2011. Company went bankrupt and all assets for the karma bought by a Chinese investment company who still makes Karma under Karma Automtive. Fisker, the name and man behind the company kept logo and name, new Fisker Inc was launched in 2018
Ashton Kutcher drove a Fisker during his first season on Two and a Half Men. So this will be it's second blow up!
At what point does the price make sense? Im seeing a lot floating around 27k and im feeling tempted to make a dumb decision. What happens if fisker dies again? No more support, no more parts? I really wnat to know what parts are proprietary and what could be replaced with something else.
I can't believe Austin was willing to buy a car but not saloon doors for the office
If it smells like a hustle it's a hustle. Thank you Austin for the PSA on the brand.
I think a huge problem with these newer car companies, is they're trying to build their company up the wrong way round. If you're starting a boat building company, you don't start out trying to build and sell multi-million dollar yachts and super-yachts. You start out with dinghies and smaller river/fishing boats and work up from there. Gain a reputation and customer base and use that to help you climb up the business size rungs. Modern car companies are ALL trying to skip those steps and get right to the top straight away, and then wonder why they keep failing. Tesla only succeeded because it had someone who was already extremely rich behind it, they were one of the first to truly figure out electric cars properly, and they focused on building a regular-ass looking car rather than a giant SUV monstrosity. But they've had their own teething issues they've had to weather.
It seems they're not trying to draw to much attention internationally about the issues, steep depreciation or how in the USA they've halved the cost of the top vehicle... On Fisker's UK website, that car Austin spec out is still retailing for £68,945 - There's no discounts as far as I could see over here.
The Extreme's in-stock in the UK are about £43k and the Ultras about £42 k. They have about 40 discounted 2023 cars for sale on the UK site. Similar discounts in Europe aswell. For some reason Fisker decided to ship the majority of the 2023 units all the way to the US, which is why the discounts there are much larger.
Your the reason I build pc’s really helped me find my passion for computers, coming to realize it came very naturally for me. Thank you for being an inspiration and showing people the in depth world of technology.
confirmed. Austin is now an secret Agent for the good of humans!
Fisker proclaimed that the Ocean is the Most Sustainable Car in the World! Today, it's the Least Sustainable Sustainable Car in the World. What a difference in just a few months?
Great video! Love to see more like these
imagine cutting the price of a car by half because its a year old trim. that just shows how much itll be worth in a couple years. itll be worth in the low 10's thousands in the first 2-4 years
If I am not mistaken, this video tells a FAKE story, and I do not doubt that this GUY is not telling the truth. We need to listen to the other side of the story “ FISKER” I see that many content creators and RUclipsrs are overblown the concerns about FISKSR. Which absolutely disgusting?
If someone could open source the software and keep it updated / semi relevant these could be a smoking deal...
Holy shaba. Fisker just became the "I bought this car for $700 as my first car" of the 21st century.
[For context, remember how our parents/grandparents used to say they got their first car used for a couple hundred buck back in the 60s-80s? yea, we're at that point for EVs here in 2024]
Fisker Ocean One. A classic in the making. Give it 3 years and the same Austin Evans will be telling his audience how cool the car is.
More of these videos please!
I saw one at a charger the other day after seeing Marques' video and could just think "oof." And then saw one for sale on FB Marketplace for $55 from a guy who's listing said "do some research on what I have before messaging" lmao
Did you mean $55k instead of 55 dollars?
You might want to clarify Fisker Automotive from the main Fisker company which is a multi-million dollar a year company😂
This video stressed Austin so much, he missed his Barbers appointment 😂😂
Fisker died once of bad quality, and now will again. Please guys give us more car videos, or even make a channel just for them!!
third time over going bankrupt and they yet to have learned.
@@rileyn54 Well Trump did 6 bankruptcies and ended up President so maybe that's his aim....
This seems like a liquidation sale before closing down and voiding all waranties
If you're going to feel burned when the price of your car in used market falls, then don't buy a car. A car is a tool, not an investment. You buy it to use it because you need it. Every car loses value when you drive it off the lot. My real problem with Fisker is the maintenance after the company fails
Yup, the clown show that is Fisker Inc can only be blamed on one person: Henrik Fisker! Yes, he is gifted as a car designer, but he has zero business skills but is genuinely interested to enrich himself and his own family. After the eventual bankruptcy, this should be a case study in what not to do in launching an EV car startup.
Theres one of these dirt cheap where im at..was honestly tempted to buy it...glad i listened to my gut
Fisker is a prime example of when nepotism goes wrong. Geeta drove (pun) Henrik's vision thru the ground. As the kids say "iykyn"
Fisker in 2012: * builds a car, creates massive hype and sells a marginal amount of cars before going bankrupt *
Fisker 10 years later: "I'll f*cking do it again!"
Fisker isnt a scam.... Henrik Fisker honestly doesnt deserve the hate.
Had to downvote this video for two reasons:
1. This was the hardest I’ve ever seen Austin show he wants his channel to be like Marqueses. Be your own thing bro - that’s why I’m here.
2. All of his silly justification for not buying the car - making this video pointless - when the depreciation and everything he spoke about was going to happen even if the purchase went through. And it’s not like any of it was even a surprise because you could tell it was going to happen before he even started the process.
3:01 Donut media merch , only fair to review the car 😂❤
This is why you don't buy from a new company until they have been six established for at least 5 years. Which means actually deliver their product on time.
you didn't even get to drive it? no way. You won't be able to get parts for it if in accident nor get dealer service on it . With tax that's over $42k, same price as a Tesla Y on discount..and Teslas hold their value.
Here’s some more insight on what happened to Fisker unfortunately their logistics wasn’t really up to par because it was practically nonexistent. The reason why I know this is because my father was actually a coordinated Director of logistics for Fisker before they laid him off literally 3 weeks ago. Him and his team are were building the logistics system to move parts from in and out of country through all the various warehouses and factories. That’s why Fisker was not delivering cars, it took nearly twice as long for them to get the parts to make those cars.
They never had a problem building the cars. They built up a backlog of cars because they couldn't deliver them. Not because they couldn't build them.
First time I'd ever heard of Fisker was an episode of Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family, where he got one for being Complex Man of the Year. Since then, the only times I'd hear of it was in songs. Childish Gambino and Jaden Smith have both mentioned Fiskers. I thought they were doing very well, apparently not lol
He got one and it broke down minutes later on the interstate IIRC
What Fisker should do is when they near their inevitable, at this point, end, release the OS to the public and make the car actually user updateable, this way those who actually got one, could, with the help of the community, try to fix bugs, and add new features to make it a stable vehicle.
I understand why you didn’t go through with it but I think you should have anyway. You would have easily made back the money doing a video every 3 months going over the state of the company and car.
I had a fisker dealer down the road from me when I was young in Miami
I don't know what happened to that side of the company but it closed when I moved to Orlando. Now everyone says it's a new brand with the same logo
You guys remember the first Fisker? Henrik worked for Aston Martin and partnered with Tesla or something. Stole designs and ideas from Tesla while he was working with them and started this company back in the day. I think the company went bankrupt back in the day. Even Justin Bieber had a chromed out fisker. The Fisker Karma was even in Gran Turismo on the ps3.
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i thought fisker made scissors
They also got a 1/2 billion dollar US Dept of Energy loan in 2009/10. They only got $128 million before the gov't realized they were not fulfilling the terms & conditions of the loan. Also the Fisker company kicked out Mr. Fisker. I know this because I worked for the firm that got them that loan. I was staffer, not a lobbyest.
A company that’s going out of business because of tough economic times and business hardships isn’t a scam. They sold a product, the people got the product they bought they just made a bad buying decision happens everyday.
Buy one from a used car dealership. Help out the dealer and still get a feel for the company.
The Tsunoda hat is so sick.
Happy that you actually tried to buy the company to save it and bring it to greater heights that only Austin can, Not Duncan. Seems this company had real potential tbh, idk if they got the worse end of what the entire EV industry is going through or they doubted giving you a car knowing the company might not see tomorrow, but if they just sticked it through and gave you a car and still used the last bit they have to work on software etc they'd probabl still pull through with that potential.
Due to the current economic situation of the manufacturer Fisker Group Inc. and the Fisker sales companies in Europe, there is a risk of limited support and limited services for the vehicles. Buyers must expect a permanent loss of the enforceability of claims for material defects and warranty claims. By concluding a vehicle purchase contract after April 3, 2024, the buyer of a Fisker Ocean declares that he has been informed accordingly and nevertheless wishes to purchase a Fisker Ocean in view of the risk described.
I would possibly buy the fire sale because I’m interested in tinkering with it, but it would need to be a daily driver for me. And that doesn’t make for a good tinkering car.
Really useful comment thank you!
I dont know about you but I feel like this was just bandwaggoning in the fisker scam trend, Ive been watching Austin for quite literally more than 7 years now and Im pretty sure he never actually intended to buy the car. Im positive it was just for clout
Buying one of those cars makes sense only if you’re able to make your own replacement parts and software updates. With a little collaboration from the dying company, there could be a viable DIY community, but I doubt it.
This SUV looks cool, hard to believe there's nobody there to continue the company.
MKBHD: DO NOT BUY THIS CAR
Austin: ait imma do it
There is a Fisker Karma that I see driving on the NJ Parkway on my way to work for the past 10 years. I would like to see that guys review.
They were using a contract manufacturer, they had no path to making these things viable because they were reliant on someone else.
Honestly can't blame the employees, they are probably all busy looking for another job so you'll get lots of runarounds. When the ship is sinking, everyone is busy finding ways off of it, you won't get good customer service and that should be expected.
So what happens if you buy this car and the company goes under do you have a car payment anymore