The Fisker Alaska electric pick-up hopeful for 2024 launch, with a price starting around $70k in the US.
Fisker has announced pricing and specification details of its new electric pick-up truck, which will be launched in 2025 alongside the Fisker Ronin GT and Fisker Pear hatchback.
The Fisker Alaska, which was revealed at the American EV firm’s inaugural Product Vision Day, will be priced from $45,400 (AUD$70,900), with two battery options of 75kWh and 113kWh.
Fisker said the Alaska will offer 370km of range with the 75kWh battery and 547km of range with the 113kWh battery – the same Hyper Range pack as in the just-launched Fisker Ocean SUV.
It has a promised on-sale date of early 2025, although company CEO Henrik Fisker wants it delivered in time for Christmas 2024 so he can go and get his Christmas tree in one.
Key to the ability for the relatively compact Alaska (officially sitting between a compact and mid-size pick-up) to carry long loads is the clever Houdini trunk that sees the rear bulkhead roll down out of the way. The seats in the back of the double cab also fold down to extend the Alaska’s four-and-a-half foot long bed to seven-and-a-half feet long. In fact, with the tailgate down, the Alaska can carry loads up to nearly ten feet long.
The Alaska is based on a stretched version of the Ocean’s platform, which will enable Fisker to launch the pick-up so soon.
As with all Fisker models, sustainability is a key consideration in the design and building of the pick-up, although it’s unlikely to be built in the same carbon net-zero factory in Austria as the Ocean. Fisker did confirm that the pick-up would be built in the US, though. “It has to be to qualify for the incentives,” he told us.
As with every Fisker model, there are a number of USPs that include a cowboy hat holder in the rear of the car and the world’s largest cupholder in the front that will take care of a ‘big gulp’ cup.
Fisker is also on the lookout for a partner in the US to build both the Ocean and the Alaska. Apple iPhone manufacturer Foxconn could be an option, as the company is already signed up to build the new Fisker Pear SUV.
A decision on whether the Alaska will come to Australia is some way off, but it’s something Fisker is interested in, citing the success of vehicles like the Ford Ranger as a more lifestyle-orientated ute.