Karma snags former Rolls-Royce designer Andreas Thurner
Karma on Thursday named Andreas Thurner as its new Vice President of World Design and Structure.
Within the newly created function, he’ll oversee the design of next-generation fashions from Karma beginning with a battery-electric automotive due in 2021. The brand new automotive is to be the primary member of a household of EVs based mostly on a brand new modular platform.
Karma’s sole mannequin at current is a rebadged model of the Fisker Karma, dubbed the Revero GT. Karma’s mother or father firm, Chinese language provider Wanxiang, acquired the rights to the extended-range electrical sedan after shopping for the property of the unique Fisker following its chapter in 2013.
In his new function, Thurner will even lead a design consultancy service Karma plans to supply to rival automakers, in addition to luxurious way of life companies similar to furnishings and inside design companies.
Andreas Thurner
Thurner joined Karma from Rolls-Royce, the place he was mainly chargeable for the exteriors of the present Ghost and Daybreak. He studied transportation design on the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Pforzheim, Germany.
Since becoming a member of Karma in 2016, he helped design the SC1 Imaginative and prescient idea that was unveiled in April at Auto Shanghai 2019. The modern, battery-electric sports activities automotive relies on Karma’s new modular platform.
“I’m excited to guide an impressive design group and work in shut collaboration with an equally gifted engineering group, as our complete group faces the best alternative Karma has ever had,” Thurner stated in an announcement.
Information of Thurner’s appointment as head of design at Karma comes simply days after the corporate introduced it should join dealerships in additional than a dozen U.S. cities and develop into 19 new international locations spanning 5 continents by the top of 2020.
2020 Karma Revero GT