Fisker Scrambling After Popular YouTuber Called The Ocean The 'Worst Car I've Ever Reviewed'

Things have not been going well for Fisker. The owners that have managed to finally get their hands on an Ocean have been dealing with several issues, some that are potentially dangerous. One YouTube reviewer with an incredible 18.5 million followers highlighted these problems in a video that did not pull punches titled “This is the Worst Car I’ve Ever Reviewed.”

We first spotted what’s going on from a Tweet by @MorningBrew. About three weeks ago, tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee got his hands on an Ocean for a review that was posted to his automotive channel, Auto Focus. Less than a minute into the video Brownlee calls the Ocean “...the worst car I’ve ever tested. But probably not in the ways you’re expecting.” He then goes on to explain how much of a mess it was trying to get Fisker to give him a car to review.

Apparently, Fisker kept promising him one and then delaying. Fed up, he actually found one to review by way of a local Mitsubishi dealer that had — and still has, as of this writing — a lightly used Ocean in the inventory.

Once he got his hands on this used Ocean (it only has 332 miles), Brownlee says Fisker somehow found out that he was reviewing it and asked that he delay his review due to the software issues the car has been having. Fisker told him it wanted him to save his review until after a big “software update 2.0” that will roll out soon for the Ocean. While Brownlee said he believed the company, he mentioned that “it’s not really in my policy to wait on promised future software updates.” Which makes sense. This is the car that customers have been driving, after all.

But what did Brownlee mean when he said that the Ocean was bad, but not in the expected way? That comes up quickly. According to Brownlee, many of the Ocean’s fundamentals are fine; its exterior design is handsome, and on the surface, it seems like a good car. The problems quickly start popping up when you get in the car and start driving.

Brownlee found random blank buttons. He also points out that there’s no way to know what state of charge the rooftop solar panels are in, or how much extra range they’ve given. The center armrest is another, where nearly half of the space in it is taken up by a weird fold-out tray that looks like something that would be on an airplane. The review was capped off by Brownlee saying that even if someone gave him an Ocean, he wouldn’t want to drive it.