Text size The Canoo is aimed at young professionals interested in a subscription model. Courtesy Canoo Yet another company with electric cars is publicly traded through a purchase through a special purpose purchase company, or SPAC. This time it’s the Hennessy Capital Acquisition that buys Canoo. Canoo is a self-described …
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Text size Fisker Inc., a new maker of electric vehicles, will announce a merger with a SPAC. The company may be new, but its founder and namesake Henrik Fisker designed the BMW Z8 and Aston Martin V8 Vantage. He has high hopes for electric vehicles and some innovative ideas. Simon …
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Text size Monday’s reversal was the biggest change from positive to negative for Tesla since June 30, 2010, one day after it went public. Photography by Andreas Dress After a wild Monday, Tesla shares lost about $ 55 billion from their intraday peak and closed 3.1%, after rising more than …
Read More »Spartan buys Fisker for $ 2.9 billion. What it says about hot electric vehicle stocks.
Text size Fisker believes that Ocean is the world’s most sustainable all-electric SUV. Courtesy of Fisker. It’s official. Spartan Energy Acquisition is buying California-based electric vehicle maker Fisker in a deal that values the startup at $ 2.9 billion, another $ 1 billion valuation for the ultra-powered alternative fuel space. …
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