Karma on Friday revealed Ivara Concept at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, one of the premier events of Monterey Car Week 2024 aired last week in California.
Joining Karma’s booth are those previously revealed. Kaveya Sports Car And Gyesera sports car. The Kaveya was shown in Monterey with a redesigned interior that Karma says is representative of the design it plans to put into production.
The Ivara is a sleek, coupe-like SUV that is expected to debut in production in late 2027. It seats four and features design elements that Karma says will appear on its future product line.
Karma says Ivara is being developed to provide battery electric and plug-in hybrid powertrain optionsKarma didn’t say what PHEV technology it plans to use, though it’s likely a plug-in hybrid setup similar to what the company has offered in the his Revero car.
2020 Karma Revero GT available with Sport package
The Revero has a pair of electric motors on the rear axle that provide a total output of 536 horsepower and BMW-sourced 1.5-liter turbocharged inline-three sits in the front and serves solely as a generator for the battery. Karma estimates a range of 80 miles using just the battery and over 360 miles using the gas engine.
Previously, the company had only planned to launch electric vehicles besides the Revero, although Cooling requirements for EV This means that Karma is now likely to add a PHEV powertrain.
Karma Gyesera
Gyesera is also likely to offer a PHEV powertrain. The sedan was originally planned to launch this year as an EV, although talks with Car News (registration required) At the Ivara’s launch, Karma director Marques McCammon hinted that the Gyesera could be adapted to accommodate a PHEV powertrain.
“We have listened to the market and we are leveraging our flexibility,” he said. “You will see some changes in the Gyesera platform that the market will respond well to.”
McCammon Brand
Kaveya will now be available with battery electric drive system only. The sports car is on track to debut in 2026 and is promised to have up to 1,000 horsepower. The starting price will be about $300,000Karma said so.
Karma said at Monterey Car Week that Kaveya will be a true software-defined vehicle (SDV) with technology developed by Intel. Essentially, an SDV is a vehicle equipped with software and hardware that allows it to receive over-the-air updates, potentially throughout its lifecycle.
Kaveya Karma
Karma is a company born from the remains of the original Fisker Cars went bankrupt in 2013 and its first and only existing model is the Revero, a heavily upgraded version of the previous model. Fisker Karma. Just a few years ago, the company had plans to offer luxury cars alongside commercial vehicles, although now it plans to focus entirely on luxury cars with a high level of personalization.
It wants to position itself as an American super-luxury brand, not unlike Duesenberg more than a century ago. Production of the new Karmas will be carried out at the company’s plant in Moreno Valley, Californiawhere Revero was built.
