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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 16, 2022	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Oct. 29, 2020
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Payments for equity method investment			$ 10,000	$ 0	$ 0
Unrealized loss recognized on equity securities			6,860	0	0
Non-cash loss attributable to change in fair value of warrants		$ 75,400	$ 0	$ 138,436	75,363
Loss related to change in fair value of embedded derivative and convertible equity security					$ 10,100
Class A Common Stock
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Shares issued for convertible equity security holders (in shares)			5,882,352
Shares issued for note holders (in shares)			1,361,268
Public and Private Warrants
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Business combination warrant liability recognized						$ 62,700
2026 Notes
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Fair value of convertible notes			$ 309,800
Fisker Group \| Allego \| Class A Common Stock
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Sale of stock, number of shares issued in transaction (in shares)	1,000,000
Allego
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Payments for equity method investment	$ 10,000
Ownership percentage	5.00%