After winning its court battle with rival Tesla Motors, Fisker Automotive will set up shop with a new R&D center in Pontiac, Michigan, and place up to 200 engineers and designers to work on the $80,000 Karma plug-in hybrid—just as its arch-enemy is moving out of Detroit, Autopia reports.

The company said it will open a 34,000-square-foot engineering and development center to begin production of the Karma by the end of 2009, according to the article. "The available talent, supplier base and infrastructure in Michigan will help us reach our production goal," company COO Bernhard Koehler said in a statement. "While Fisker Automotive will continue to be headquartered in Irvine, California, the new facility will allow us the opportunity to collaborate with our Michigan supplier base and have everyone under one roof."