Business Green: California-based Fisker Automotive has confirmed that it has raised $115m (£70.6m) in equity to help finance construction of its Karma plug-in hybrid sports car. This fresh funding enables the company to meet the terms of a $528.7m conditional loan offer from the US Department of Energy, effectively removing the final hurdle for the company’s plans to manufacture the Karma and develop a less expensive sedan model plug-in hybrid. The loan is now expected to close over the next …