Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR), the Los Angeles-based electric vehicle designer, reached the public markets through a business combination with Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp, a blank-check company that completed its IPO in 2018 and was sponsored by Spartan Energy Capital, LLC, an affiliate of Apollo Global Management. The company filed an S-1 registration statement with the SEC on November 9, 2020, shortly after the de-SPAC merger closed, registering shares in the combined clean-transportation entity. Fisker pursued an asset-light EV development model targeting the consumer electric vehicle sector before ultimately filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2024. Sign up at SpacDesk for full filing histories, deal timelines, and SPAC analytics across this transaction and hundreds of others.