Orphaned Fisker Ocean EVs Now Roam NYC as Ride-Hailing Cars

Aug. 19, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC

Even under the unrelenting sun of the hottest day of the year in New York City, Ruben Baldera looks cool. He’s comfortably air-conditioned in his charcoal gray Fisker Ocean, a luxury electric SUV that originally retailed for $70,000 or more. But the company that owns this SUV and rents it to Baldera bought it brand-new last year for a mere $16,000.

Once one of the next-big-thing EV startups poised to take on Tesla, Fisker Inc. declared bankruptcy in 2024, having built about 11,000 examples of its first and only model. (That’s not counting the previous car company started by founder Henrik ...

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