Fisker Karma

by Arachon • 14 Mar 2008, 21:25 • Journals
The Danish car designer Denmark Henrik Fisker, who designed cars like:

Aston Martin DB9
image: aston-martin-db9

Aston Martin V8 Vantage
image: 03

Has now made his own car brand, with the very original name: Fisker Automotive... duh.
Anywho, his first car is called Karma and it is an electrical driven car doing 0-100 km/h in under 6 seconds and tops out at 200 km/h. What is really interesting for me, and my study at the university, is that they plan to pub in speakers (both inside and outside) and simulate the sound of a roaring V8 engine. I'm thinking whether or not I should do something about this at my master thesis :)

Image of the Fisker Karma:
image: 0710_z+2007_fisker_four-door_plug-in_hybrid_premium_sports_sedan

Fisker Automotive
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kRONE 14 Mar 2008, 21:27
TOO MODERN.... looks more an airplane than a car.... oldschool (back in the '90) > new school cars

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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 21:29
OHH YES!
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kRONE 14 Mar 2008, 21:31
just edited my comment... nissan 200sx anytime better than those new school shits -_-
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 21:32
The only good car design coming out of the 90ies is the Alfa Romeo 156.
image: 20060803-alfa-romeo-156-granturismo-kit-autodelta-front
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kRONE 14 Mar 2008, 21:34
image: Toyota-Supra-1
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 21:34
Well you can always style a car into looking great.
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kRONE 14 Mar 2008, 21:38
image: TOYOTA%20Supra%20COM%20PS%2017

original (except wheels)... still ugly? ;>
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peoples 14 Mar 2008, 21:55
fugly car, but teenagers seem to like those ricers.
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kRONE 15 Mar 2008, 14:07
horsepowers > look.... just buy 20k car and spend 5k for to get somth "out" from the motor instead of buying mercedes omogmogmogmgg or bmw
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frozz. 14 Mar 2008, 21:50
yep,156 is cool, but that design is from 2003 :>

this is mine, got it for 6000€

image: 156
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peoples 14 Mar 2008, 21:59
Prepare to get it fixed every other month due electrical failures :) It seems to be common problem with italian cars, electricity leaks out :)
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wipeout 14 Mar 2008, 22:20
Seems like Italian engineers aren't any good.
http://www.lambounfall.de/lamborghini_murcielago_crash.html
(yes i know they are owned by audi)
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peoples 14 Mar 2008, 22:27
Supercars are supercars :)
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wipeout 15 Mar 2008, 11:41
There's nothing 'super' about a badly manufactured car? Even more so for that price.
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peoples 15 Mar 2008, 14:31
I guess you don't know much about supercars.
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wipeout 15 Mar 2008, 21:20
What are you talking about?
If I paid a fortune for a car, I'd expect it to be top-notch (Pagani?) and not badly manufactured (Ferrari/Lamborghini?).
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frozz. 14 Mar 2008, 22:25
neither r french
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peoples 14 Mar 2008, 22:04
image: img01

You have ricers, then you have cars that are to die for :)
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 22:11
Well that is an end-80ies design :)

But still, it is epic!
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dunno 14 Mar 2008, 21:29
front is ugly
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cuttyP 14 Mar 2008, 21:31
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came into my nerdy mind first
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kRONE 14 Mar 2008, 21:32
right place for cars like that is


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duumed 14 Mar 2008, 21:35
looking good
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 21:38
Looks like a lot of people missed the point, and also didn't read my journal :P

They intend to simulate the sound of a V8 both inside and outside, by speakers.
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wipeout 14 Mar 2008, 22:11
I remember a prof making a joke about this. The problem is pedestrians/cyclists might not hear an approaching EV and that might be a risk for them. Hence the idea of implementing some sort of sound system to recreate the ICE sound.

Btw, it's a hybrid (PHEV). It has a small gasoline engine. Volvo's ReCharge Plug-In is similar (though it's only a concept): serial hybrid, small diesel engine (diesel > gasoline in terms of fuel consumption), no mechanical link between engine/battery and wheel, instead they use one electric engine per wheel.
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moutoul 14 Mar 2008, 21:41
i was driving this one last week :)))))) new jaguar XF 2.7 v6 212 hp
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 21:42
I drive this one at work:
image: Ford_Transit

Here's a picture of mah baby :P
image: mahVan
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moutoul 14 Mar 2008, 21:51
Transit connect ownz (van of the year 2k7)
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 21:53
It's not a connect!
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moutoul 14 Mar 2008, 23:53
lol i know it s not a connect, i sell them :p
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julianK<3foonr 14 Mar 2008, 21:52
You work at the Post?
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 21:54
Aye, a part from studying at the university.
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julianK<3foonr 14 Mar 2008, 21:59
Cool thing. I mean, your car is yellow. What's cooler than that, expect for black with red light in the front moving left to right.
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kRONE 14 Mar 2008, 21:52
drove Nissan 200SX with 400hp (a car of my friend)
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peoples 14 Mar 2008, 21:57
Fisker seems to recycle the same design over and over :) What does this research of yours include?
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 21:59
I'm actually going to Finland next semester as a part of my master thesis.

It will be concerning how physical modelled sounds can be used in computer games. I intend to make a framework that can be used in several games, using the same basic physical models.
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peoples 14 Mar 2008, 22:01
That's interesting stuff you have there, I guess you are familiar with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holophony . Are you targeting crossplatform framework or something targeted at certain platform?

Finland is a great place :)
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 22:05
Well... holophonics, binaural audio, HRTF is a different area. I worked with it my previous semester.

Physical modeling concerns the idea that you can create sound from a physical mathmatical model.
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peoples 14 Mar 2008, 22:06
That I know, but it was just a side note. It interesting how close of such detail one can get with algorithms that merely mimic?

I study whole different area, currently in polytechnic, aims to participate in Formula SAE project some time in the next 2 years.
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Arachon 14 Mar 2008, 22:15
So where do you study?

Cause I will be going to TKK in Helsinki.
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peoples 14 Mar 2008, 22:25
"Metropolia", it isn't TKK, but it's near there. Almost all the schools are very close to each other in the capital area. A side note, TKK is in Espoo, basically very very close to Helsinki :)
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topher 14 Mar 2008, 22:09
Interesting.. and to be honest the noise it makes was one of the decision-winning factors in my last car purchase.
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