Henrik Fisker, the co-founder of EV maker Fisker Automotive, has resigned his post as executive chairman. The move is not uncommon, especially in the plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry. Fisker joins Martin Eberhard of Tesla, Kevin Czinger of CODA, and Shai Agassi of Better Place as founders of next-generation automakers who are no longer part of the company they created. The departure of the founder is often a necessary function of the company’s growth, as visionary perspectives of the market and the product must eventually give way to more market-driven and realistic outlooks. Little information concerning the specific differences Henrik Fisker had with management is available; however, the circumstances that led to the split are well documented. …read more
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