Quantum's Affiliate Fisker Automotive to Debut Luxury Plug-in Hybrid Cars for the European Market at the Geneva Motor Show

Pricing and European retail strategy to be announced in March at the Geneva Motor Show

IRVINE, Calif., February 17, 2009: Fisker Automotive, the new American manufacturer of premium green automobiles, co-founded by Quantum, will unveil its Karma and Karma S luxury plug-in hybrid cars for the first time on European soil at the Geneva Motor Show on March 3, 2009. The 408 horsepower, 100 mpg Karma sedan incorporating the Quantum Q-Drive(R) will appear in the production trim that customers will receive when deliveries begin at the end of this year. The Karma S hardtop convertible coupe concept is scheduled for production in 2011. A European retail network strategy, along with vehicle options and pricing, will also be announced.

The full size, four-seater Fisker Karma fuses the traditional and timeless styling of former Aston Martin and BMW auto designer, and Fisker Automotive CEO, Henrik Fisker, with the cutting-edge technology of Q-Drive(R), - a new, clean-energy powertrain from Quantum Fuel System Technologies Worldwide . Quantum and Fisker Automotive collaborated to develop world's first luxury plug-in hybrid sports sedan car.

The Karma will be able to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) in six seconds and a top speed of 200 km/h (125 mph), while being able to achieve an average annual fuel consumption rate of 2.4 l/100 km (100 mpg). It also features new materials and technologies not seen before on any production vehicle, such as a 26 cm (10.5") haptic touch-screen control panel and environmentally friendly interior trim.