Fisker has introduced one more security recall for the Ocean. Because it occurs, iffy brake module software program could trigger a sudden discount in regenerative braking, due to this fact rising the chance of a crash. The affected inhabitants numbers 7,745 crossovers within the US and 281 in Canada for a complete of 8,026 electrical automobiles.
As per technical service bulletin 10062408, the discount in unfavourable motor torque happens when braking over bumps. 740 milliseconds, which implies three quarters of a second, are required to revert to regular operation. In these 740 milliseconds, the driving force has entry to one hundred pc friction brake deceleration energy.
Stated technical service bulletin reveals {that a} software program replace dubbed OS 2.2 will repair the described downside. After all, affected house owners will probably be able to updating over the air. Fisker intends to inform prospects by mail no later than October 14, 2024. Within the meantime, anybody who drives an Ocean ought to verify for a software program replace frequently to see whether or not OS 2.2 is offered to obtain.
Each 2023 and 2024 fashions are recalled, with manufacturing dates starting on February 9, 2023 and ending on March 13, 2024. The Mannequin Y-rivaling Ocean was produced by a contract producer in Austria. Stated producer – Magna Steyr – assumed no additional manufacturing of the Fisker Ocean in its monetary report for the primary quarter of 2024.
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The world’s largest car contract producer additionally produces the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, BMW Z4, and the mechanically related Toyota GR Supra at its Graz meeting plant in Austria. Come December 2024, the oldsters at Magna Steyr will wrap up Jaguar I-Tempo and E-Tempo manufacturing because the Leaping Cat reinvents itself as an electric-only model.
Turning our consideration again to Fisker, the automaker based by auto designer Henrik Fisker in 2016 filed for Chapter 11 chapter safety on June 17, 2024. One month later, the chapter choose allowed Fisker to promote the remaining Ocean electrical car inventory to American Lease for a cool $46.25 million, which is round $14,000 per car.
Though Fisker is just about lifeless, it continues to promote the Ocean with financial savings of as much as $24,000 on 2023 fashions. The configurator is on-line as properly, exhibiting three distinct flavors within the type of the Sport, Extremely, and Excessive.
The Sport is a single-motor affair, whereas Extremely and Excessive degree as much as dual-motor setups. Driving vary and acceleration efficiency favor the Ocean Excessive, which is listed with 360 miles (580 kilometers) and three.7 seconds to 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour). By comparability, the Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary Rear-Wheel Drive tops 320 miles (515 kilometers), whereas the Mannequin Y Efficiency All-Wheel Drive wants 3.5 seconds to hit 60.
