• Fisker’s first manufacturing automobile, the Ocean SUV, is lastly setting sail within the U.S. market with deliveries lastly taking place this month.
• Reservation holders who chosen the top-spec Excessive mannequin with 20-inch wheels will likely be happy with a 360-mile EPA vary estimate.
• That long-range driving estimate tops the Ocean’s rivals within the electric-SUV class, setting Fisker up for a win so long as there are not any further manufacturing roadblocks.

Skeptics be damned, the Fisker Ocean electrical SUV is lastly set to make its splash in America. The handsomely designed compact crossover may even boast a beneficiant 360-mile driving vary, based on the EPA. That quantity bests that of rivals such because the Hyundai Ioniq 5, the Nissan Ariya, and even the Tesla Mannequin Y.

The highest-spec Excessive trim degree with 20-inch wheels is the one with that big selection quantity, as a consequence of its massive 113.0-kWh battery pack, whereas lower-end fashions or Excessive trims with bigger wheel diameters will, presumably, provide fewer miles per cost.

We’re wanting ahead to getting an Ocean Excessive into our workplace for testing. Once we do, we’ll take the SUV on our 75-mph freeway fuel-economy path to see how its vary estimate stands as much as real-world driving. In our expertise, EVs usually don’t ship their EPA estimated ranges in regular driving, however a 360-mile start line ought to nonetheless put the Ocean better off over rivals.

Though the Ocean began manufacturing in November 2022, the corporate has not but been in a position to fulfill any of its U.S. orders as a consequence of a prolonged CARB certification course of. Now that is lastly full, and deliveries are set to start this month.

The Ocean is being assembled in Austria by provider Magna Steyr alongside high-end fashions such because the Mercedes-Benz G-class and the Jaguar I-Tempo. European deliveries started in Could 2023, with the primary Ocean going to a purchaser in Denmark.

Fisker has plans to construct vehicles within the U.S. as nicely, beginning with its Pear small SUV and maybe ultimately the Ronin flagship four-door convertible. The Pear, it is mentioned, will likely be manufactured in Lordstown, Ohio by provider Foxconn.

Managing Editor, Purchaser’s Information

Drew Dorian is a lifelong automotive fanatic who has additionally held all kinds of consumer-focused positions all through his profession, starting from monetary counselor to auto salesperson. He has dreamed of changing into a Automobile and Driver editor since he was 11 years previous—a dream that was realized when he joined the workers in April 2016. He’s a born-and-raised Michigander and realized to drive on a 1988 Pontiac Grand Am. His automotive pursuits run the gamut from convertibles and camper vans to sports activities vehicles and luxurious SUVs.