Henrik Fisker, whose previous automotive venture collapsed in 2013 owing U.S. taxpayers $139 million, said on Tuesday he plans to launch a new electric car company next year to compete with Tesla. Fisker declined to say who is funding his new California-based venture, called Fisker Inc, and a new battery subsidiary, Fisker Nanotech. The Danish automotive designer’s previous venture, Fisker Automotive, once was a rival to Tesla Motors Inc ( TSLA.O ) in the nascent market for electric luxury cars. Founded in 2007, Fisker Automotive built fewer than 2,000 cars through 2012 while burning through $1.4 billion in private investments and taxpayer-funded loans from the U.S. Department of Energy. Fisker left the company in March 2013, before it filed for bankruptcy protection. In 2014, Fisker was purchased out of bankruptcy by Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group Corp ( 000559.SZ ), and renamed Karma Automotive. Wanxiang also acquired bankrupt […]