When you think of startup companies planning to build luxury sedans with advanced electric powertrains, one name springs instantly to mind: Tesla Motors.
Among the executive battles, government loans and launch hoopla around the electric 2012 Tesla Model S sports sedan, the company gets rafts of attention-- not all of it good.
But another company, Fisker Auto, has been quietly beavering away out there. Under former BMW designer Henrik Fisker, the company has created a low, sleek, luxury sports sedan with a plug-in hybrid powertrain.