Entry-level Fisker Ocean Sport rated at 288 miles of WLTP range

The Fisker Ocean has again beat company expectations in Europe. In March of this 12 months, the highest Ocean Extreme trim secured an estimated range rating of 440 miles on the WLTP cycle from European regulators, outdoing Fisker’s early predictions by 50 miles. The entry-level Ocean Sport trim ran the identical gauntlet, emerging with an estimated range rating of 288 miles, 13 greater than proposed by the early math. Within the UK, the Ocean Sport posts an extended range than entry-level trims of the Tesla Model Y (283), Ford Mustang Mach-E (240), Hyundai Ioniq 5 (238), and Skoda Enyaq (249). Additionally it is appreciably inexpensive than all of those.

The rating applies to the Sport on the usual 20-inch wheels. The entry trim comes with a smaller 80-kWh battery called the Touring pack in comparison with the 113-kWh Hyper Range battery within the Ultra and Extreme trims. The Touring battery also uses a distinct chemistry, a inexpensive lithium-ion phosphate mix versus the Hyper Range’s nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cell chemistry. The battery powers a single motor on the front axle making 271 horsepower.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rated the Ocean Extreme at 360 miles of estimated range but hasn’t tested the Sport yet. The Ocean page on the Fisker site predicts the Sport’s estimated range within the U.S. might be 231 miles; nonetheless, downloading a specs page gives a distinct number, 250 miles. 

The automaker still hasn’t said when buyers will have the opportunity to take delivery of the Sport trim, but it surely reported Q3 results this month and a combination of excellent and not-so-good news. Internal issues with weak financial controls and the departure of the automaker’s chief accounting officer after just two weeks on the job delayed reporting for the quarter ended September 30. Fisker pruned its production forecast again, from as many as 23,000 units for all of 2023 to a maximum of 17,000 units; the unique goal had been 42,000 units. Production numbers are up, though, manufacturing partner Magna-Steyr constructing 4,725 units in Q3. Now Fisker must beef up its delivery operation, which is having trouble keeping track with production. U.S. and European deliveries counted 1,097 units, in comparison with 11 units in Q2. Q4 should make one other enormous leap, Fisker delivering 1,200 Oceans in October alone. Reservation holders in Canada and The Netherlands are expected to start receiving their order this quarter, and in Q1, deliveries are slated to start in Portugal, Spain, and Italy.