Why the Fisker Ocean annoyed me!
This is the fisa ocean and it’s a little bit like my coat not just because they’re blue but because they’re from a brand you probably never heard of my coat’s by company called XPO which actually run by my friend go check them out and this well how many people have
Driven a fisa before not many also both have plenty of technology so I’ll talk you through the cars in a bit this coat has sonically welded seams I’m going to miss the internal combustion engine but let’s get on with this video about this electric car so in this video I’m
Going to talk you around the exterior oh it’s a little bit shy I’m going have to tease it all the way out go on the interior no heads up display why not I’m going to tell you what it’s like to drive there’s a warning popping up there radar fault some features limited
Brilliant let going see how practical it is oh I’m Matt Watson and you’re watching carw I’ve spent a bit of time with this visar ocean and so I’m going to start off this video by telling you five things that have annoyed me about it the driver safety systems can be a little
Bit overs sensitive the lane departure warning seems to go off as soon as you get anywhere near the white line in the middle of the road also if you try and turn it off while it is off for your drive when you stop the car and come
Back in it will default to being back on so then you have to dig down into the menus and go and turn it off and you’re obviously doing that when you’re driving cuz you’ve forgotten to do it before you started driving and that’s a real pain also I found that this particular car
That I’ve got here has had a few issues with some of its sensors so I’ve been driving along in it and it’s beeping and bonging with things about sensors not working and Landy poch warning going off then another sensor not working and a beep and a bong and a bong and a beep
And a beep and a bong and a bong and a beep beep and a bong and a bong and a beep and a beep and a bong and a bong and a beep got my nerves actually you can get the car with a Deployable tow
Hitch look how it come come on oh it’s a little bit shy going have to tease it all the way out and then when you put it away again press the button you have to push it all the way back in now if you’ve been driving through some
Dirt then it’s going to be all over your hands not ideal they why it just doesn’t do the whole thing electrically like many other cars speaking of dirt see the rear parking camera here might look clean now that’s because I’ve just washed the car but if you’re driving
Through like grimy roads and dirty you know tracks and stuff like that it gets covered in Road Grime and there is no cleaner to wash it off so you have to get out and clean it with your hand so more dirty hands this car is going to
Make your hands dirty the shape of this steering wheel is all wrong so it’s quite narrowish here then it’s very very deep and if you like to hold it like quart to three like I do it’s just like you’re holding on to a brick not a
Steering wheel I mean look at that look at the chunkiness of that this car has launch control it’s called boost mode however you can only do it a certain amount of times join the car’s life to protect the motors this has 500 remaining however shortly it’ll have
4.99 remaining maybe even less so make sure you stick around for that the vi at the back window isn’t particular ically good bye-bye yeah you see it’s not ideal is it now to get around this fisa fitted the car with a rear-facing camera look then you can use that the only
Problem with this system is that you don’t really get the same depth perception as you do with a mirror and at night you really can’t see anything in this at all don’t worry there’s still plenty to like about this car here’s a call out five cool features the ocean
Has solar panels in its roof which is kind of cool so so these can help top it the battery when the sun is shining now you can actually see how much energy this is putting into the battery on the display so let’s go check it out live current solar rate
N%c oh dear let’s see how much it’s done over the life of the car so it’s done 1,000 miles this car has so during that time it’s put in 2.7 Mi of range so if you do 100,000 mil in this car maybe over 10 years you have managed to have got
270 m in the solar panels okay um according to fisa it can add up to 6 miles of range a day in very sunny conditions maybe if you’re in California I don’t like it it’s a good talking point just ignore that for those who really like to chill the car has
Something called California mode with the Press of a button it opens up the sunroof ooh the back window the side windows look can’t believe it’s even over the little Windows like there’s Louis there he’s chilling as well in California mode I think I want to kick back relax you know
Park up Santa Monica and smoke some doobie wait a minute what’s doobie I I just say what they write I don’t smoke anything smoking is bad for you smoking Edibles though that’s perfectly fine right what Edibles I don’t know what just just go away I wouldn’t do any
Of that stuff actually I’m a complete tea total that’s a fact my life’s boring though actually my life not boring at all you know I get to mess around with cars all day and I’ve just been racing a Formula 1 car against something very special Madness really F has fed this
Car with something called Taco trays so look press this that pops out of there you eat your taco off there well if you’re in America we don’t tend to eat many tacos in the United Kingdom and you got another one here for the drive out look no that’s not right is it
Ow oh Right not annoying at all you could probably use it to put your laptop on work off like that what you waiting for your car to charge yeah like that there we go that on this one that’s probably a better place for it oh and if you want
To do something else you can just press this button like that and the screen will rot ate and I can watch movies now in fact I prefer it in this orientation unfortunately it goes back to Vertical when you’re driving which is a shame anyway let me put this away H
Um it’s enough of that have a look at this we got a three pin socket with 230 volts and more importantly 3,000 wats of power you can pretty much much power any household appliance off this car speaking of which if you want to come with me you can plug in an adapter to
The charging port to charge another car and better than that you can even plug it in to your house to run your house on electricity for up to 6 days so if there’s a power cut just plug your ass into your car You’ be fine it’s 7 days
Isn’t it it’s 7 days not six so I’m having a great day today there’s something called limo mode so I can recline the back seats like that oh yes and then if I pull this out there’s a little screen here which I can use to control the rear climate my heated seat
And the volume for the stereo that’s one of the bonging sounds that this car makes regularly CU it sensors are playing up buying a new or used car then you need to visit carwow and we’ll have help you find your perfect car at a price your love just answer a few simple
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Carw and my team and I will help you choose your perfect car and get it for a price your’ll love now on with the video now let’s talk about the design of this car so the company fisa is run by chap called Henrik Fisker and he’s actually a
Car designer he designed the original BMW X5 the AST Martin DB9 and the Prototype version of the BMW Z8 you can tell that design is important to him and this is a very design leg car because for a familyfriendly electric SUV it looks good I’m just going to unlock it
So you can see the light sequence at the back there we go and the fisa badge illuminate there I’m just going to lock it again so you can see something else move down the side so Alo wheel sizes start at 20 in Rising to 22s and the
Profile this car is pretty cool and once again I’m going to unlock it and you’ll see the door handles look they pop out and the side repeaters blink up here look at the side repeaters up there so moving towards the front it’s not overly complicated but it’s got lots
Going on at the same time I like what they’ve done with it like the front of it as well and if I open it up again you will see look it says ocean so the fisar ocean starts at £37,000 which is actually pretty good value and it rises to £61,000 for this
Range topping version M you’ve got my interest here on the inside the fisa ocean is pretty interesting so I quite like the general design of the dash got squidgy materials here softy materials here still squidy down there but things get a bit more brittle down here and the
Edging on this is not great soft materials here on the dash and generally I quite might like it obviously the centerpiece this huge screen look at it in portrait format absolutely massive reasonably bright as well there you can put it into a dark mode and you can put
It into auto brightness because you’ll need that CU if you’re driving at night you have it that bright you’re just not going to be able to see anything at the windscreen so it took me a while to Fathom out where things were but I think
Once you got the hang of it it won’t be too bad one thing that does annoy me though massively is that there’s no Android auto or apple carplay which just really really does my head in I know that you don’t have that with a Tesla
But I do find the Tesla system and their satna better than the one in this car and if you want to see my full inp video review of the Tesla Model Y which is this car’s key competitor you can click on the pop out Banner appearing in the
Top right hand corner of the screen alternatively just take a photo of this QR code with your phone and it will take you straight there thankfully unlike the Tesla though you got this look a digital drivers’s display which is really really useful very very good shame it hasn’t
Got a heads up display though no heads up display why not why don’t they fit these things with heads up displays in terms of adjustability in the seats it’s not bad electrically operated of course but if I want to do the steering wheel Like A tes going to have to go right
Here we go there go into the settings go into General go into steering wheel go and press these buttons now that is annoying I’m thankful that they don’t have the swipe for the gear select on the screen like in Teslas you have the stalky stalk here which is much
Better so storage you got some storage here you got your cup holders there look at that you got two wireless charging pads for mobile phones just move the key out the way there we go and Beyond there there’s some more storage here can you see it
Storage and quite a lot of storage down there and underneath the seats where there’s like some lockable cubes there under both with front seats door bins let’s find out if they’ll fit a large flask will it will it will it yes it will do exactly that I like that let’s
Ke on the sun visor bit of a f i quite like the way they move but look at this the panity mirror it’s so narrow I guess you can check that your mascara hasn’t run but that is about it seats they feel reasonably comfortable though not that
Supportive and yeah this is fake leather not real leather but you know it’s all about saving the planet with these kind of cars it’s the Californian Vibe so no leather is available let’s check out the back seats before we do though I want to show you this so you open the door like
That no problem the handle are close it is there but I I mean I haven’t had the car for that long I was constantly reaching there to grab it not there but you know once you’ve own this car for a few weeks you’ll soon get used to where
Things are ah do need to point this out though look I do like the fact that the climate controls are separate to the screen so they’re easy to get to the only thing that’s a bit annoying is when you want to do the air vents you have to
Go and press the fan button there and then you can alter where the air vents Point like so it’s you know it’s that kind of thing where it’s in the screen it’s controlled through that you can’t do it manually and it’s all just one too many steps which is not
What you want when you’re driving anyway if you’re not driving let’s see what it’s like here in the rear it’s actually very very spacious look at this right lots of knee room head room that’s all right if you’re really tall and you you know someone breaks heavily you might
Bang Your Head on that but you know sit back you’re absolutely fine there’s loads of foot space completely flat floor obviously look at all that and you can slide your feet under the chair in front like that got a little hook there to hang your your coat
Off in here come on there you have your USB C’s let’s check out whether the back windows go all the way down yes they do and you might notice this look check this out can you see you got like double glazing effect there for improve sound Comfort I like the
Lighting here in the back there soft lighting there it’s okay it this feels very spacious and you got some SC loading there if you need to surf board plus I fix anchor points hiding away until you need them and they’re quite easy to get to if you need to
Carry three people in the back at once the middle seat does feel all right and obviously yeah plenty of foot space for everybody however if you need to carry more people you’re going to be better off with a Kia ev9 if you want to see my full in- depth
Video review of that car click on the pop out Banner appearing up there now or if you’re watching on your smart TV just use your find to take a photo of this QR code anyway let’s check out the boot so the capacity is 480 L where’s the bluming thing there it
Is look I’ll just take this load cover out right here as you can see there’s no load lip very easy to slide things in and out underneath here you have a little bit of extra storage and you can use this as a divider there’s your cables underneath there like
That if you want to carry even more things you can fall down the rear seats of course not electrically operated you have to do them by your hand but you can reach in to do that and then look a completely flat load bed really really
Nice however what am I to do with this now eh will it fit under there it won’t it won’t fit my first Fisker review welcome to carw fisa this car may have loads of gadgets but they’ve kept things simple with the charging flat cover it’s not electrically operated though you can
Operate it with your bottom which is Handy now speaking of batteries there’s two versions 73 KW hours or 106 kwatt hours so ranges entry level car 290 M on a full charge whereas the longest rain version can do 440 Mi apparently has a power outputs so you’ve got a
Front-wheel drive version which has 275 horsepower then there’s a four-wheel drive version with 540 horsepower then the range topping version which has the boost mode which has 564 horsepower terms of charging speeds on DC charging 250 KW terms of AC charging if you plug it into your 7 KW
Wall charger it’s going to take 17 hours to completely charge the battery right let’s see what the fisa ocean is like to drive so I’ve got it in Earth mode which is like the most relaxed setting the throttle response is very gradual until you go past a certain point then it kind
Of Zips off the steering is light doesn’t feel like the steering wheels particularly connected to the front wheels so you have no idea how much grip you’ve got some bumps here I can drive over and test a suspension and it doesn’t feel firm this but it’s not particularly settled either so it’s
Almost like it’s oh there’s a warning popping up there radar fault some features limited brilliant as I was saying the suspension feels like the Springs aren’t quite firm enough and the dampers aren’t strong enough because it sort like bounces a bit feels like you’re driving a spring down
The road now I can change the mode I’m going to go into sportier setting which is fun makes the throttle response a bit more lively but when you first hit the pedal there’s a bit of a delay then there’s the brake so the brakes feel a bit odd so the
First part of your braking is regen braking and it’s just a touch grabby when you lift off the accelerator it will slow with normal regen but the regen under the first part of you’re braking is bit odd not a fan of that you can tell how fisa doesn’t have as much
Experience as some other companies in terms of developing how a car drives in terms of just cruising along at high speeds well it’s reasonably quiet reasonably relaxing apart from when the Safety Systems chime in just randomly or yeah there we go seems to be behaving itself right now but I have done a
Little clip of it here oh there we go little clip of it here from when I drove it the other day yeah I got my nerves a bit put me off the car maybe it’s something they’ll fix though with some over the air updates cuz it’s just a little bit
Overly sensitive it’s almost like it’s been set up for much wider American High ways what I’m going to do now is put it into the fastest mode which is hyper so let’s get hyper come on now that yeah I did cross the line to be fair on that
Occasion now there’s no changes in the suspension you got like passive dumpers there we go again I just got too close to the line it’s very very strict so you got passive dampers so they don’t get any firmer when you go into the hyper mode you just get boink boink Bo it’s a
Springy effect and the suspension you just get a sharper throttle response and it is pretty bluming sharp the handling is is n terrible grip’s okay oh there we go what was that it’s another beep in the bunk it’s almost like someone’s playing some kind of game on their phone while you’re driving
Along all the noises you get woo yeah it goes on Corners all right it’s not really designed for this but it does a good enough job you know it’s not meant for someone who drives a GT3 RS but I’m sufficiently impressed with how it does handle it’s all right just wish it would
Stop beeping at me I’ll tell you what out the corners it do have shift along let’s hit the brakes hard quite a lot of pedal travel there but it felt fine and more natural when you’re really stamping on it it’s just when you’re just Feathering the brakes
Or just pressing them gently and it’s just the regen that’s a shame so it’s not perfect but actually the way it drives is fairly good just don’t beep at me anymore please no more beeping don’t beep right let’s see how quick this thing is from nor to 60 MPH and over
The4 mile so I have 494 boost launches remaining cuz I’ve just filmed this car drag racing oh yeah what I do is left foot on the brake floor the throttle boost engage let’s go massive delay when I lifted off the brake but here we go little bit of
Traction cuz the front wheels wanting to spin 4.17 and the quarter mile is going to be come on what you going to do 12.9 12.9 don’t know why I said it lot that something about this car makes it get a little bit freaky Man so then what’s my final verdict on the fisa ocean should you avoid it should you consider it should you short list it or should you just go right ahead and buy it well I reckon you should consider the fisa ocean there’s plenty I like about it like the design
The interior some of the quirks and the features to be fair I think quite a bit of it is a gimmick and to drive I found it a touch annoying there are definitely better EVS in this category out there anyway I hope you enjoyed the video if
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Meet the Fisker Ocean!
It’s American manufacturer Fisker’s first foray into all-electric cars, while also being the manufacturer’s first SUV The question is, can this family-friendly EV compete with the market leaders in its class?
When it comes to the design, it’s fair to say it’s pretty stylish. It has sleek headlights and taillights, with a Fisker logo in the centre of both that lights up! At the front, there’s a wide air intake that stretches across the length of the car and helps give it a bit of an aggressive look. The side profile is also pretty sleek and adds to the car’s overall smart exterior.
Step inside and the cabin is largely covered in soft-touch materials (as long as you don’t reach too far down). In the centre of the dashboard is an absolutely huge infotainment screen which is used to control a lot of functionality – although thankfully it still comes with physical climate control buttons! Annoyingly though it doesn’t come with either Apple CarPlay or Android Auto! Thankfully though, unlike in a Tesla, you also get a digital driver’s display.
There are two battery options available – a 73kWh and a 106 kWh. The entry-level car comes with a single motor and a range of 290 miles, while the longest-range edition comes with dual motors and the ability to reach up to 440 miles. The entry-level car also comes with the ability to produce 275hp, while the range-topping car also includes a ‘Boost Mode’, and the ability to put down 564hp.
Prices for the Fisker Ocean start at just £37,000, rising to £61,000 for the range-topping model. But is it better than a Tesla Model Y? You’ll need to stick with Mat and see for yourself!
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:58 Annoying Features
03:22 Cool Features
08:30 Design
09:32 Price
09:42 Interior
13:30 Back Seats
15:03 Boot
16:14 Batteries, Motors & Range
17:04 Driving
20:26 0-60mph & 1/4-mile
21:13 Verdict
