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0GM, Bright Automotive talk details about $5m investment, Idea van partnership 1280872920
Bright Idea PHEV van – Click above for high-res image galleryFollowing today's announcement that GM Venture would invest money into Indiana-based start-up Bright Automotive, we got a few more details about the partnership and the vehicle from Bright Automotive chairman and CEO Reuben ... -
GM Ventures invests in Bright Automotive for strategic partnership 1280850960
Bright Idea PHEV – Click above for high-res image galleryTwo months after establishing a new venture capital subsidiary, General Motors has made its first strategic investment with the announcement today that GM is hooking up with Bright Automotive. Bright has been showing a plug-in hybrid ... -
Is there trouble at Bright Automotive? Yes and no, as job cuts and new hires could now lead to profitibility 1275054960
Bright IDEA PHEV - Click above for high-res image galleryBright Automotive has not been able to drive the Idea plug-in hybrid van on the easiest road to market. A new set-back – from one perspective – was a number of layoffs and executive shuffling at the company this week. CEO ...
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Bright Automotive latest to get USPS contract for electric truck conversion 1267815780
The one contract from the United States Postal Service (USPS) to start bringing electric trucks to the large national fleet of Long Life Vehicles (LLVs) that we knew about went to Zap. That contract was for a single truck, and it looks like Bright Automotive has been awarded a similar deal. ...
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Bright Automotive announces eSolutions, army plug-in hybrid contract 1256749200
Bright IDEA PHEV - Click above for high-res image galleryBright Automotive is proud of the work they've done on the IDEA van, but the company has always intended to make the vehicle just one method of bringing greener transportation to the masses. As we learned from Bright's VP Corporate ... -
Quick Spin: newly upgraded Bright IDEA delivers 1256170620
Bright IDEA PHEV - Click above for high-res image galleryThe concepts that went into the Bright IDEA – a lightweight plug-in hybrid that serves a specific and large population – look great on paper. The vehicle itself, though, has never really looked all that good in the pictures ...
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First Drive Report: Bright IDEA plug-in hybrid van gets a B+ for now 1249319280
The IDEA plug-in hybrid van from Bright Automotive was unveiled earlier this year in Washington, D.C. and it's already time for the first test drives to start. Plug in vehicle advocate Paul Scott was recently given the opportunity to visit Bright's Indiana headquarters and see what moving the ...
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Bright Automotive looking for ATVMLP money, too 1245939420
Bright IDEA EV van - click above for high-res image galleryThe amount of the money flowing from Washington, D.C. into green car companies these days is pretty astonishing (well, unless you're working on hydrogen cars). The DOE announced $8 billion in loans from the Advanced Technology Vehicles ...
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Bright thinks its a good IDEA to apply for DOE grants 1244213340
Bright IDEA EV van - click above for a high-res galleryBright automotive not only introduced the IDEA PHEV van in Washington recently, but they also asked for grants. Bright applied for two grants from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. The first one would be used to create a ... -
Bright IDEA comes to Washington, DC as a 100-mpg* plug-in hybrid van 1240341420
Bright IDEA EV van - click above for a high-res galleryA Bright IDEA arrived in Washington, D.C. today (man, there's a joke that just writes itself). But seriously, folks, the IDEA is a new design for a plug-in hybrid from the Rocky Mountain Institute's Bright Automotive, was unveiled in ...
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