Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive Inc. cofounder Barny Koehler has given up his title as chief operating officer and taken on the role of chief business development officer.
Koehler will oversee strategic planning, manufacturing partnerships and new business opportunities, and report to Chief Executive Tom LaSorda.
Fisker also hired Jim Yost as chief financial officer.
Yost replaces Joe DaMour, who joined the company about a month ago and will now consult on special projects, according to the company. Yost previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Maumee, Ohio-based driveline product supplier Dana Holding Corp.
Fisker has sold more than 1,000 of its Karmas—priced at about $100,000—since it be-gan distribution earlier this year. The company was several months late in getting the car to market, a delay that led the U.S. Department of Energy to freeze $336 million of a loan.
Fisker had already received about $193 million from the federal agency. The company also has raised more than $1 billion from private backers.
Fisker plans to debut a new, lower-priced model next year, but put plans for its production at its plant in Delaware on hold after the federal funds were frozen.
—Chris Casacchia
