You'll find a video of the Karma in flames being quelled by firefighters after the break, along with the official statement by Fisker given to Autopia.

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Or will that world, to borrow a metaphor from the legal philosopher Ian Kerr, resemble Autopia a popular Disneyland attraction in which kids drive specially designed little cars that run through an enclosed track?

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