Fisker has been teasing us about its upcoming PEAR SUV for over a yr now, and we lastly acquired an opportunity to see the upcoming small SUV within the flesh right now.

Fisker held its “Product Imaginative and prescient Day” right now in Huntington Seashore, California, and confirmed us prototypes of some upcoming automobiles, and we acquired to see the PEAR within the flesh for the primary time.

The PEAR is Fisker’s second SUV, a little bit smaller than the Ocean, however meant to have a a lot decrease base worth – $29,900, earlier than tax credit. This implies $22,400 after tax credit, which is about as low a worth anybody can ask for from a small SUV as of late.

And Fisker does plan to supply the car within the USA, on the outdated Lordstown plant, which is able to allow it to qualify for tax credit from the Inflation Discount Act.

To allow this low worth, Fisker says that the PEAR can have 35% fewer components than the Ocean, making for easier manufacturing and subsequently decrease prices. It’s calling the platform “SLV1,” which stands for “Easy, Gentle, Quantity.”

As one instance, Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker said that each one 4 seats will use the identical armrest design, so as an alternative of constructing 4 completely different components, Fisker solely must make one.

The PEAR will likely be made from metal, which is cheaper (however heavier) than aluminum, and Fisker wish to finally hit 1 million automobiles yearly – however that aspiration is clearly means off sooner or later.

Fisker nonetheless says that each car it makes should have no less than a number of distinctive options, and one in every of PEAR’s highlights is its distinctive “Houdini door.”

That is the corporate’s identify for its rear hatch which vanishes into the automotive physique, leaving an enormous opening that gained’t swing out and hit something or trigger you to bonk your head on it. You may see it in motion on this portion of Fisker’s video (timestamped at 1:03:20).

Along with rear storage, the PEAR can have a entrance drawer-like storage space, which Fisker is attempting to name a “froot,” a portmanteau of entrance + boot, and which everybody else is simply going to name a frunk anyway. You’re too late on that one, Fisker.

However it’s completely different than loads of frunks we’ve seen – as an alternative of being below the hood, it slides out from behind the entrance grille space, doubtlessly offering a flatter area than most frunks do. Fisker mentioned that it was insulated, and thus may very well be used for transporting sizzling or chilly gadgets – although we didn’t hear whether or not it has its personal HVAC. We didn’t get to see it in motion, however you’ll be able to see a glimpse of it on this a part of Fisker’s video (timestamp 1:01:03).

The inside of the PEAR we noticed right now is nothing like preliminary inside pictures, with a way more spartan really feel to it. In fact, that is nonetheless a prototype (which, as we overheard on the occasion, was completed this morning), so nothing is last, however we might think about {that a} spartan inside is likely to be essential to get a worth below $30k.

And albeit, from what we noticed, it regarded fairly cool. It gave off Honda Factor vibes, a car that was well-known for having a easy and usable inside that you just didn’t thoughts getting a little bit soiled, a function which homeowners actually favored. Extra centered on utilitarianism than cushiness.

However Fisker additionally wished to focus on simply how a lot inside area the PEAR has. It’s going to have each 5- and 6-seat choices, with the 6-seat possibility coming with a bench seat within the entrance. To show the PEAR’s capability, Fisker had 6 workers pile out of the automotive originally of the presentation:

Fisker identified that you just shouldn’t want an enormous, 3-row SUV to switch 6 folks round, together with all of the concomitant environmental impacts thereof (a message with which we wholeheartedly agree).

The PEAR can have a function Fisker calls “Lounge mode,” which is able to reconfigure the seats (together with the entrance seats) to create a flat area throughout the automotive for lounging round, and which will likely be massive sufficient to put down in. Ought to be nice for automotive tenting.

And all of that is supposedly coming in 2025. Between this automotive, the Alaska, and the Ronin, Fisker will go from having one automotive which simply began delivery in 2023, to 4 automobiles in simply two years time. Fairly an enormous ask, notably from an organization with 1,000 workers, so we wouldn’t be shocked if we see some delays.

However if you wish to get in line for whichever yr the PEAR comes, reservations are open now on Fisker’s web site, at $250 a pop.

Electrek’s Take

As we said within the Take for the Fisker Alaska, these guarantees all appear nice, however we should contemplate that they could appear too nice.

We’d love a small fundamental utilitarian EV at an inexpensive worth made in quantity, and the earlier it comes out the higher. However the mixture of constructing this automotive, at this worth, and this quickly, from a small firm, that’s not simply specializing in one new car program however three new car packages, and attempting to scale a present car program… nicely, that’s loads to chunk off.

However as for the PEAR itself, in a yr the place everybody appears to be saying gigantic land yachts, we’re joyful to see a small, sensible, well-priced electrical car within the combine. Now let’s hope it makes it to manufacturing with most of those guarantees intact (or no less than some? please?)