An investment firm in Germany reportedly made an offer for Anaheim-based Fisker Automotive Inc.
Fritz Nois AG has offered about $25 million for the troubled luxury hybrid automaker, according to German auto magazine Auto Bild.
Fisker has also fielded interest from a group that included China-based Wanxiang Group and startup automaker VL Automotive in Auburn Hills, Mich., which earlier this year offered a reported $20 million to buy Fisker as part of a prepackaged bankruptcy plan.
Production on Fisker’s sole vehicle model, the Karma, has been on hold since last year due to a battery shortage through supplier A123 Systems Inc. The cash-strapped company drew down about $192 million of a Department of Energy loan before it was frozen after it failed to meet certain production and sales requirements.
Fisker reportedly hired a law firm this year to explore a bankruptcy.
—Kari Hamanaka
