Fisker the Frisker

A cop once clocked renowned auto designer Henrik Fisker at 97 mph on California's Interstate 5 and wrote him a ticket. Four hours later, another highway patrolman nailed him at 88 mph and asked, "How long since your last ticket?"

"Well, actually, not that long ago," Fisker replied.

This illustrative slice of Fisker's life comes from a 2009 Los Angeles Times piece. Today, he's facing a different question, "How long since your last bankruptcy?"

Fisker, whose first electric car company went belly up in 2013, has once again left his investors, creditors, employees and customers on the side of ...