Today at The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering, Karma Automotive celebrates two Global Premieres: the Karma Ivara "GT-UV" Design Study, and the Karma Kaveya super coupe with production-ready interior. Together these vehicles telegraph the brilliant future of California's first and only ultra-luxury automaker.

Further, Karma Automotive has announced that the Karma Kaveya will be the first vehicle to be produced resulting from its bilateral collaboration with Intel Automotive. Due in 2026 with butterfly-doors and up to 1,000HP of pure electric power, Kaveya is expected to be the globe's first production vehicle built upon Software-Defined Vehicle Architecture (SDVA), co-developed with Intel Automotive, which will underpin all Karma vehicles from the Kaveya onward. In addition to deploying SDVA throughout its upcoming model range, together with Intel Automotive, Karma Automotive will benchmark, demonstrate and validate critical concepts for the advancement of open standards for SDVA that can be shared openly and commercially to support the transformation of the broader automotive industry.

"Auburn, Duesenberg, and Packard are Karma Automotive's inspiration because they harken back to an era we aim to repeat, an era when American ultra-luxury set the benchmark for the world, and when the steep prices they commanded were justified not only by the beauty and speed of their cars, but also their brains and engineering prowess found nowhere else in the industry," says Marques McCammon, President, Karma Automotive. "The intellect of Karma's vehicles will be several steps ahead, creating distinctive, unique, and engaging automobiles which return a valid paradigm of value that's been absent from the ultra-luxury segment for nearly a century."

Karma Automotive will first return to the marketplace in the 4th Quarter, 2024, with the 3rd Generation Karma Revero, offering just 150 examples priced from below $150,000 USD. Revero is the globe's first luxury plug-in hybrid and utilizes Karma's E-REV (Energy-Range Extended Vehicle) powertrain, an appealing option for an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) amid potential, near-term fluctuations in client and market demand for pure Electric Vehicles (EV).

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Karma Automotive's signature Comet Line draws exotic proportions, spanning the entire width of the Ivara to accentuate the steeply-raked windshield, tracking around the cabin, then continuing through the widest point of the rear fenders. The secondary Comet Line separates the all-black upper cabin section with full panoramic roof from the lower body, the Ivara capturing a visual tension resembling an arrow drawn back in its quiver, ready to launch. The Ivara's front fascia reflects the new face of Karma Automotive, lacking a traditional grille with concealed headlamps, its low nose and hood emulating a supercar stance, its fast rear glass reiterating its driver-focused purpose.  

Karma Automotive is California's first and only ultra-luxury automaker, manufacturing electric and E-REV (Extended Range Electric Vehicles) at its production facility in Moreno Valley, CA, with its executive and design headquarters in nearby Irvine, CA. The Karma portfolio embodies California's spirit of innovation and entrepreneurial boldness, reflected by the signature Comet Line which is the central hallmark of Karma's new design language. The 3rd Generation Karma Revero sport sedan, the world's first luxury plug-in hybrid, will be introduced in 4th Quarter 2024, offering luxury balanced with conscientiousness delivered without compromise.

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