Former head GM Electric Cars Fisker Tony Posawatz CEO
Former head GM Electric Cars Fisker Tony Posawatz CEO

Tony Posawatz, Previous head at GM of Electric Cars now CEO

The former head of electric cars at General Motors, Tony Posawatz, has been named CEO of luxury hybrid car maker Fisker Automotive.  Posawatz spent more than 30 years at GM, where he led global electric cars development. He was the first person named to the development team of the Chevrolet Volt electric car in 2006 and ran that team for the next six years. The Volt went on sale in late 2010.

 

Electric Cars Comparison Volt and Karma

Fisker has sold a little more than 1,000 Karmas since last fall. GM has sold 18,678 Volts since the end of 2010.

The Fisker Karma, a 400-horsepower, $100,000 super car, and the Volt, a $31,500 family sedan, don’t seem to have much in common at first glance. But they share similar technology. Both can go for 30 to 40 miles on battery power alone but have backup gas engines if the electric cars battery gets depleted.