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Eric Sorensen

Electric vehicle sales in the U.S. have slowed down. In August, J.D. Power said EVs would account for 9% of U.S. automotive sales this year, a fairly major adjustment to its previous forecast of 12%.

It’s a market reality that’s forcing large automakers like Ford and Toyota to adjust their plans. It’s also forcing smaller EV makers like Lordstown and Fisker to throw in the towel all together. And in Fisker’s case, it looks like it got out as fast as it could.

In June, Fisker filed for bankruptcy protection and shortly after filed a legal motion to get out of the lease at its former headquarters in California. That potential arrangement could be in jeopardy now based on a new filing spotted by TechCrunch in which Fisker’s landlord, Shamrock, describes the state of the company’s abandoned headquarters as “complete disarray.”

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