The Glam Green Girl: Fisker Karma

The Glam and Green Fisker Karma

There's a new kid on the block..

As most of you who know me, know that I'm a sucker when it comes to fast cars. When I lived in Cape Town, Camps Bay was like a candy shop for me with all the luxury cars zooming around. Last week I bought my first copy of South Africa's first green magazine 'Simply Green' (does a happy dance) and saw a piece about this car - the Fisker Karma, obviously I googled it straight away ;)

The Fisker Karma is a car, according to the manufacturers, that is all about sustainable design without compromise. First of all, I love the name - Karma, so clever. Secondly the Karma is all about high-impact performance and low-impact on the environment. This is achieved by the 'plug in or fill up' notion. Ideally, as a hybrid, you can save on the fuel and rather use it as an electrical car, a luxurious electrical car I might add, but the Karma allows you to switch between the all-electric stealth mode or the fuel assisted sport mode.

Even the interior is Glam and Green! It uses no animal products and uses wood from sunken logs, reclaimed forest-fire timber, and renewable resources like bamboo.It also has a standard full-length photovoltaic roof, which generates enough power to cool the car while parked instead of using energy to power the air-conditioning. It also charges the car, in consistent sunlight, adding a few extra miles. Fisker hopes to add these panels to the garages of Karma's so that the car can charge partly via solar-power

If you click on their website here you can read more about their sustainability efforts.