Which electric car company was founded by Henrik Fisker in 2016?

The electric car company founded by Henrik Fisker in 2016 was Fisker Inc.

Henrik Fisker, a Danish automotive designer known for work on cars such as the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage, launched Fisker Inc. with his wife, Geeta Gupta-Fisker. The company was established on October 3, 2016, in Los Angeles, bringing the Fisker name back to the electric-vehicle industry after the collapse of Fisker Automotive.

Fisker Inc.’s best-known vehicle was the Fisker Ocean, an all-electric SUV developed with contract manufacturing support from Magna Steyr in Austria. Production began in 2022, and customer deliveries started in 2023. The company later suffered severe financial problems and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2024.

The key historical distinction is between Fisker Inc. and Fisker Automotive. Fisker Automotive was Henrik Fisker’s earlier company, founded in 2007, and produced the plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma. After its assets were acquired and renamed Karma Automotive, Fisker retained the brand name and later founded Fisker Inc.