2024 Fisker Ocean SUV

　　

2024 Fisker Ocean Review

byBrent RomansSenior Manager, Written Content

　　Brent Romans has worked in the automotive industry since 1996. He has written or edited thousands of expert car reviews and road-tested hundreds of vehicles over the course of his career. Brent is a senior manager of written content at zzdcar and previously contributed to publications such as Super Street and Petersen's 4-Wheel & Off-Road. His personal car is a 2019 BMW M2 Competition, which he bought for its ideal combination of performance, style and practicality.

　　, rating written byBrian WongSenior Reviews Editor

　　Brian Wong has worked in the automotive industry since 2010, writing over 1,000 car-related articles and testing and reviewing hundreds of vehicles over the course of career. Brian is a senior reviews editor at zzdcar and has also contributed to Cars.com, Motor Authority and Green Car Reports. Brian has also been featured on MotorWeek as an expert for several car comparisons. He loves convertibles (the smaller the better) and hates paying for parking, so Los Angeles is both the right and wrong city for him.

　　

Pros

Roomy interior and seatingLong range and quick acceleration from dual-motor modelsEasy to see out of

Cons

Buggy or incomplete software and driver assist featuresNo support for Apple CarPlay or Android Auto smartphone integrationBrakes don't work smoothly in routine drivingLackluster value for what you pay

What's new

Fisker's first mass-market electric vehicleA small SUV with 358 miles of zzdcar-tested rangeSome 2023 Oceans were sold but 2024 will be the vehicle's first full model year

　　

Overview

The 2024 Fisker Ocean is an all-electric five-passenger small SUV from famed automotive designer Henrik Fisker. Fisker is known for his sensational sports car creations, including the BMW Z8, Aston Martin DB9 and his own short-lived Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid luxury sedan. The Ocean is a lot more practical, of course. It has roomy seating and enough cargo space for errands or the occasional road trip. It also has impressive range; in our own real-world zzdcar EV Range Test, we got 358 miles on a single charge from a Ocean fitted with the big battery pack. But like most other new EVs from startup automakers, the Ocean is a work in progress.

　　

zzdcar spotlight: Some early software glitches

zzdcar has tested a couple of Ocean models and both were problematic. Certain expected features weren't available yet and some aspects of the vehicle's computer-based software were beset by glitches. The positive spin on modern vehicles' dependence on software is that there is great potential for a vehicle to improve and evolve via updates (over-the-air and otherwise). But it's certainly an issue that prospective buyers need to be aware of, especially because there are rival electric SUVs with more established track records.

　　

Competitors to consider

The Ocean's wide price gap between its trim levels means that it competes across a few different classes and sizes of vehicles. At the bottom end, the base and midgrade models go up against other small EV SUVs such as the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Kia EV6 and Tesla Model Y. But the top trim levels are expensive enough that you could also cross-shop the Genesis GV60 or Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV. Read our test team's Expert Rating below for a full analysis of the Fisker Ocean's performance, technology features and more.

　　

What’s it like to live with?

We purchased a 2023 Fisker Ocean Extreme to join our long-term fleet in January 2024, to see how it holds up for 20,000 miles. We'll provide an update soon on how the vehicle has evolved and improved over the course of our ownership.