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Henrik Fisker quietly wound down his nonprofit after his EV startup went bankrupt
Henrik Fisker, the founder of failed EV startup Fisker Inc., and his wife Geeta quietly wound down a private charitable foundation established in late
The brief existence of the Fiskers’ foundation is another example of how the boom of electric vehicle startups in the 2020s — many of which went public via special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) mergers — helped fuel a rush of wide-eyed optimism. Fisker’s stock price continued to slip as the company put its electric SUV into production in late 2022, began deliveries in mid-2023, and struggled to sell the flawed EV — all of which apparently limited the foundation’s scope. He previously worked at The Verge, where he also covered consumer technology, hosted many short- and long-form videos, performed product and editorial photography, and once nearly passed out in a Red Bull Air Race plane.
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