Click to view a price quote on SOLO. : Electric vehicle company Fisker Inc. is reportedly in talks to go public through a sale to a so-called blank-check company. Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp.  (SPAQ) - Get Report, which is backed by the New York private equity firm Apollo Global Management,  (APO) - Get Report is leading a bidding war among blank-check companies for Fisker and could clinch a deal for close to $2 billion as early as next week, Reuters reported, citing sources. A blank-check company is a publicly traded development-stage company that has no established business plan.