Costa Mesa-based Fisker Automotive and Technology Group said its first U.S. manufacturing plant for the relaunch of the Karma hybrid electric car will be in Riverside County and that the facility will create 150 jobs.
The city of Moreno Valley said in a news release that the new facility comprises about 556,000 square feet in the South Moreno Valley Industrial Area.
The Business Journal reported in May that Fisker could head to the Inland Empire to make the Karma while looking to return to part of its former Anaheim headquarters. That lease hasn’t happened yet, CoStar Group records show.
Fisker has hired about 140 to staff its local operations in Costa Mesa and has said it plans to hire 100 engineers to support the new Karma efforts.
The company went bankrupt in 2013. China-based auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group bought it a year later for $149 million.
Fisker cited “California’s natural beauty, trend-setting, technology, and environmental focus” for the Moreno Valley choice.
