Karma claims these EVs and PHEVs are coming in 2025 and 2026

• Revero PHEV manufacturing continues now, limited-edition Invictus arrives in 2025
• Gyesera in 2026 debuts new look, composite physique
• Kaveya supercar in late 2026 goes absolutely electrical, embraces Intel structure
• Karma’s push to energy fleets and industrial autos has pale

It’s been greater than ten years since California-based Karma Automotive initially shaped with funding from the Chinese language elements provider Wanxiang Group and the property of then-defunct Fisker Automotive. 

Since then, Karma has teased quite a few idea and limited-edition autos, together with a number of about-faces in enterprise path, all whereas each refining its plug-in collection hybrid tech and dealing towards a mixture of PHEVs and absolutely electrical fashions sooner or later. Karma highlights that it engineers, designs and manufactures its autos in Southern California. 

Though Karma’s long-term funding state of affairs stays unclear, it additionally has severe aspirations to be a expertise provider to different automakers and the trade, as evidenced by its 2024 acquisition of the tech property and IP of over-the-air software program replace pioneer Airbiquity, and of its latest affirmation of a expertise partnership with Intel Automotive—together with co-branded inverters and extra—aimed toward creating and refining the structure and software program for next-gen software-defined autos. 

“We’ve built-in that, and we proceed to evolve our software program platform, that’s a really, very huge focus for us,” mentioned Karma CEO Marques McCammon, of the Airbiquity acquisition. And its upcoming Kaveya is about to behave as a “dwelling improvement prototype” for the Intel structure.

However final month, in a complete interview with Inexperienced Automobile Reviews, McCammon laid out that amid this, its major purpose stays to be a tech-forward ultra-luxury automaker—with a ramped-up slate of fashions and an annual quantity larger than what it’s managed to make cumulatively in its 10+ years. 

Karma has some heavy lifting to get there. Its solely present mannequin, the Revero, returned within the fall after a manufacturing pause earlier in 2024, and McCammon confirmed that it’s as soon as once more being delivered. Deliveries in recent times have landed beneath 100 autos a 12 months; and it earlier final 12 months summed that it had delivered a cumulative 1,000 autos—over its whole historical past.

“I’ve no intention of claiming 50,000 or 100,000 items,” mentioned McCammon when requested about annual quantity targets. As an alternative, he provided, “3,000-5,000 items is the place I need to be.” 

“I may be on the ultra-luxury or unique stage and I can lean into the expertise aggressively, and I’m small so I can transfer quick,” he mentioned, summing up the philosophy. “After which I can share it.”

Sitting down with McCammon proper in the midst of West Corridor at CES, bustling with automotive tech and mobility suppliers, we had the CEO run by way of what’s going to get him to annual manufacturing and gross sales of 1000’s somewhat than lots of, and of the sort of desirability that can nurture that Karma as a tech provider. 

Karma Revero, EREV series-hybrids stay the inspiration

The Revero (additionally referred to as the Karma GS-6 for a quick time) is a continuation of the Fisker Karma, which was first delivered in 2011. It carries most key facets of the unique Karma’s design ahead however matches it with a revamped powertrain and up to date inside. The plug-in series-hybrid propulsion system was featured within the Fisker Karma and is derived from a Quantum Applied sciences system initially developed for navy autos. However Karma has extensively revamped that since Fisker days, with a extra highly effective and refined 1.5-liter BMW turbo-3 and larger 28-kwh battery pack launched for 2020.

In Karma’s so-called EREV system, the gasoline engine runs a generator when wanted, whereas a dual-motor propulsion system produces 536 hp with further electrical energy from the engine—delivering a 4.5-second 0-60 mph time—or 476 hp with out the engine beginning. The Revero was EPA-rated at 61 miles for the 2020 mannequin 12 months and specs haven’t modified considerably since then.

With it, the Revero is among the few plug-in hybrid fashions available on the market that can fast-charge. On an easy-to-find 50-kw CCS connector it might get to 80% in 24 minutes, based on Karma—so a fast cost throughout lunch may permit you greater than 100 electrical miles over the course of the day. 

Invictus transforms Revero, provides efficiency focus

The Karma Invictus comes subsequent—later this 12 months. As a particular version of the Revero, it’s set to be constructed round “a chassis extra tightly refined for efficiency,” mentioned McCammon, and it’ll weigh much less total than Revero. 

Karma has promised efficiency upfits together with Öhlins dampers, Swift springs, and Pilot Sport 4S tires for the Invictus.

“We exchange aluminum paddles with carbon; we lighten the car up and we make it a enjoyable driving machine; after which we do some actually trick issues on the inside, like hand-stitched themes the place we draw from the Chrysler Constructing in New York,” mentioned McCammon. “It’s very Artwork Deco—a collectible automobile.”

The Karma and Invictus will proceed to benefit from Karma’s physique store in Moreno Valley, California, which was configured to construct an entire set of autos all beginning with the identical aluminum area body. 

Gyesera embraces composite physique, new look

After Invictus comes the Gyesera, which McCammon described as a “new rebodied automobile.” 

“It’s an entire new inside, entire new exterior, we’re transferring away from aluminum for the physique, and we’re focusing extra on composite, so now we have lighter weight, extra high-performance, extra unique, frankly.”

Work on the composite physique is being carried out partly in home and partly with suppliers. Its store in California can paint composite panels however not make them. It’s specced and designed, then shipped in.

The Gyesera was initially due in 2024, and once we requested McCammon when it was arriving as a substitute, he hinted that it’s modified path over time. Though the Gyesera was initially speculated to be the primary departure from that vary extender, he instructed it would seemingly as a substitute be a plug-in hybrid. 

“We’ve been actively reevaluating that since June of final 12 months, simply due to the shift in market notion round EVs,” he mentioned. “Proper now with our EREV, I don’t know of anybody on the earth—nobody in North America—has an EV-only vary of as much as 80 miles.”

Someday past the Gyesera, Karma has additionally instructed {that a} plug-in hybrid SUV is likely to be in the way in which—perhaps one just like the Karma Ivara idea proven final 12 months. 

1,000-hp Kaveya EV supercar assessments Intel structure

The exotic-looking, absolutely electrical Karma Kaveya comes subsequent, in late 2026—or maybe sooner, hinted McCammon. It should produce 1,000 hp and be able to accelerating to 60 mph within the neighborhood of two seconds. 

Though the Kaveya seems to be utterly completely different, it would nonetheless construct on Karma’s bodily platform—which means its aluminum space-frame format and a few of the chassis items, nonetheless permitting a lot of commonality regardless of the adoption of the Intel whole-vehicle electrical structure. 

“We are able to change the backbone, the size, the peak, and don’t have to vary the elemental platform,” mentioned McCammon. “So we are able to translate from a Revero or Gyesera to Kaveya and nonetheless have 40-plus-percent widespread content material.”

Industrial autos on the sidelines, design up entrance

Karma nonetheless plans to help industrial autos on its platform, McCammon mentioned, nevertheless it received’t be on the core of the enterprise—because it gave the impression to be in 2021 when it introduced that it could go after the electrified bus, RV, and box-truck market with a “Powered by Karma” banner. The main focus will as a substitute be on passenger autos, and particularly these on the higher finish of the market—“American ultra-luxury,” as McCammon put it. 

Primarily based on the use case, its propulsion platform may have completely different configurations, together with some constructed round 400 volts and others round 800 volts. That might embrace 800-volt variations for an excellent coupe or a crossover—permitting quicker charging, amongst different benefits—plus a 400-volt model for industrial autos.  

Along with expertise, design is the second key level that can get Karma to greater however still-exclusive volumes, the CEO defined—and between VP of design Michelle Christensen and Nick David as inside design director, they’re working as a workforce to offer the autos a contemporary look.

”I requested Michelle to take all the pieces she has carried out within the studio and translate it into our whole model expertise,” McCammon defined. “Nick continues to work on the car, however now she’s increasing that so each contact level of Karma has the identical aesthetic.”

Whereas Karma isn’t wound up in a typical startup hype cycle, it’s nonetheless making an attempt to show itself with finite assets. What it would ship in tech and design all its personal remains to be taking kind—nevertheless it’s due very quickly.