Henrik Fisker
Henrik Fisker
Henrik Fiskeris a Danish-born automotive designer and entrepreneur residing in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for designing iconic luxury cars including the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9, Aston Martin V8 Vantage, Fisker Karma, Galpin-Fisker Mustang Rocket, VLF Force 1 V10 and the VLF Destino V8. He also designed the Viking motorcycle and Benetti Fisker 50 superyacht. He is the founder of HF Design & Technology, co-founder of VLF Automotive, founder and former CEO of Fisker Coachbuild, and founder...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth10 August 1963
CountryDenmark
The car is the most regulated thing in the world. It's more complicated to make a car than it is to send a rocket to space.
People feel very emotional about cars, and I don't want them to feel bad about driving a fast car.
Once investors come in, it's hardly your company anymore!
I've always wanted to design a Mustang. I just never really had the opportunity in my career because the timing was never right.
I want to explore the existing manufacturing abilities of Indian companies and create products together.
I like to come up first of all with a free idea, thinking about and obviously understanding what is necessary for it to become a car.
I like doing business with people in India.
I have a 100-mile round trip commute on some of the nations' busiest roads and enjoy every minute of it.
I could imagine that boats sailing in harbors will only use electric engines. And then once they are out in the water they will use diesel.
I come from Denmark; Fisker Automotive comes from California.
A painting doesn't have to have a real usability other than you looking at it. Obviously, a car, an engine, or battery has to fit people's needs.
When I see a car I've designed going down the street and somebody admiring it, that's a nice feeling.
I like to have the widest part of the car being the wheels and not the body. It gives it a more athletic look and, with the sculpture, helps make a car look sexy.
We designed a car that is for daily commutes and that you charge every day. The less you use the gasoline engine, the better mpg. Essentially, the Karma can achieve dramatic savings and low CO2 output when used as intended, as a daily commuter.