Henrik Fisker Called, He Wants His Company Back

Henrik Fisker paired up with Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li to get his company back. Fisker is a co-founder of severely troubled Fisker Automotive. Li and Fisker are trying to buy the U.S. government loan to Fisker at a big discount. Henrik Fisker was ousted in March. Another group, China's Wanxiang with Bob Lutz as a friendly face, is trying to buy Fisker for $20 million. Around Fisker Automotive hangs a $171 million loan payable to the DOE. The DOE is currently looking into the legal ramifications of selling the loan, Reuters heard. Last month, the DOE seized $21 million from Fisker's bank account to apply against the first priority loan. Then, there are payables to suppliers. Just-Auto recently wrote, and I wholeheartedly agree: "As any rational person in the industry understands, the odds of any automaking start-up succeeding in the long run are about the equivalent of winning the national lottery: it could, statistically, happen, but in reality, it almost certainly won't. In fact, you might say that starting a firm to make automobiles in hopes of building the company into a global brand is a task mostly for masochists and the deluded."   from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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