Fisker Pear production pushed back to 2025 due to battery supply issues

The production of Fisker's second EV, the Pear, has been delayed until 2025. Initially, the vehicle was supposed to roll off the production line sometime next year, but due to undisclosed issues with the battery supplier, the date had to be pushed back. The information comes straight from Henrik Fisker, the company's CEO and founder.

The news comes shortly after Fisker announced cuts in the Ocean SUV production. Fisker once again pointed at supply chain issues for that. The firm estimates 10,000 fewer Oceans will be made in 2023.

Fisker remains optimistic, though, since the small Pear SUV will start at an impressive $29,900 in the US and £28,000 in the UK and there surely is strong demand for cheap EVs in Europe.

The CEO highlights Pear's simplicity saying that it will use clever software to compensate the need for hardware. There won't be any moving parts in the interior, while the chassis is designed with 25% fewer parts compared to conventional frames. Interestingly enough, more than half of Fisker's employees work in the software department.

The vehicle will come with two battery variants - one providing 483 km of autonomy and one with a modest 161-241 km of range. Henrik Fisker believes that many people don't really need big battery packs and as time goes on, range anxiety will cease to exist.

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