Enlarge / Fisker CEO Henrik Fisker introduces the all-electric compact hatchback Pear during its inaugural "Product Vision Day" in Huntington Beach, California, on August 3, 2023. It was the last week in June, and José De Bardi hadn’t gotten much sleep. The trouble had really kicked off on June 18, about a week earlier, when the electric vehicle company Fisker announced it had filed for bankruptcy protection.