Source: HPI

KAUAI, USA, July 2, 2009: When choosing a name for its new eco-friendly sports car, Florida-based Fisker Motors choose a Hindu word: karma.

The Fisker Karma, an electric hybrid,reaches 60mph in 5.8 seconds and has an autonomy of 50 miles before it needs any gas.

This car’s good karma? More than 100 miles a gallon and “a cleaner conscience than ever before,” the manufacturer says.

Karma has become the most widely-known Hindu word in the west. The Hindu concept of reincarnation is also widespread, but its sanskrit word — punarjanma — is not nearly as famous.

You can see the Fisker Karma http://karma.fiskerautomotive.com/

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