Fisker Automotive spoke out against the Tesla Motors lawsuit with an announcement today, stating that the company will deliver the Fisker Karma in the fourth-quarter of 2009 as planned. The lawsuit, filed in San Mateo Superior Court in California last week, accuses Henrik Fisker and Bernhard Koehler of fraud and breach of contract during their year-long collaboration in 2007 to design a Tesla Sedan called the WhiteStar. You can read more about the lawsuit by clicking here.

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Fisker’s premium hybrid sports sedan at last has a name: Karma. It is particularly apt since the coach builder’s aim is to give customers a luxury sports sedan that they can feel proud for what it does (or doesn’t do) to the environment. The Karma is powered by a system called Q-DRIVE, developed by Quantum Technologies, that combines a four-cylinder engine sending power to a generator to propel the four-door sedan. Fisker claims that the Karma can run from zero to sixty in 5.8 seconds and reach a top speed of 125 mph.

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