Wanxiang, VL Automotive rev up for Fisker

May 31, 2013 • Katherine Steiner-Dicks

US car developer and manufacturer, Fisker Automotive has reportedly received a recent undisclosed joint offer by strategic car parts company Wanxiang Group of China and US car developer VL Automotive.

China-based automotive parts manufacturer Wanxiang Group has partnered with VL Automotive, a US-based automotive company set up by former General Motors chairman Robert Lutz and industrialist Gilbert Villereal, to reportedly make an undisclosed acquisition offer for Fisker Automotive, a US plug-in hybrid/electric car maker.

The reported offer came out soon after Wanxiang acquired Fisker’s lithium-ion battery supplier and corporate venturing portfolio company, A123 Systems, out of bankruptcy.

Utobloggreen, an online automotive blog, has reported that Fisker is fending off bankruptcy…

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