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Seems shocking that for $46.3 million they cannot find a way to enable this.

My heart goes out to any Fisker owners who purchased one of these soon to be bricks at full sticker.

I'm with you at full sticker, however American Lease ignored all the warnings and got what it deserved.

Car publications were already warning consumers to steer clear of the Ocean as early as this March, despite massive price cuts that saw these electric SUVs being offered for less than $25,000. A New York-based company called American Lease was less deterred by this warning and in June agreed to purchase the remaining Fisker inventory—approximately 3,300 cars for a total of $46.3 million dollars.

At $14k/ea, this is a calculated risk.

Maybe they can make the vehicles work. Maybe they can sell the parts to existing owners.

In the worst case, what's the scrap value of the packs and other components?

"It is our intention to collaborate with the Fisker Owners Association to create a universally beneficial pipeline of parts as well as technical and mechanical support."

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