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Congress approves three-wheelers for DOE funds

Following months of debate, Congress has approved a bill that will pave the way for three-wheeled vehicle manufacturers like Aptera to qualify for funding from the Department of Energy. Next step: President Obama's desk, and the Commander-in-Chief is reportedly expected to sign the bill into law in short order. Rep. Brian Bilbray, a Republican from California that co-sponsored the bill, says: This is a huge win for scientific innovation and the environment. We need more innovation and less regulation when it comes to promoting new ways to ... Read more →

Aptera's chances of getting DOE loan money improving? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Aptera is planning to build the 2e, a fully electric, extremely efficient, highway-speed vehicle that can seat two occupants, and the company would like to get some funding from the Department of ...

Fox News criticizes - and misleads viewers on - Tesla, Fisker DOE loans Sebastian Blanco

Pop quiz: what country is Tesla Motors based in? England? Wrong. What about Fisker Automotive? Finland? Wrong again, but if you gave those two answers, you might be qualified to be on Fox News and ...

Washington debates if the Aptera 2e should be considered a car Sam Abuelsamid

For some time now we have been discussing the status of vehicles like the Aptera 2e. While Aptera's tear drop-shaped creation promises to be highly efficient, there are concerns about the safety ...

Tesla to use sales revenue, Daimler cash for DOE loans instead of new equity Sam Abuelsamid

In the months leading up to the recent announcement that Tesla Motors would receive $465 million in low cost loans from the Department of Energy, we expressed some skepticism that the company ...

Ford gets first DoE loan, Nissan and Tesla expected winners 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Department of Energy will finally announce the first recipient of low interest loans under the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program. The first winner is Ford, and analysts expect the DoE to announce Nissan and Tesla Motors, as well. Ford applied for up to $11 ...

No DOE ATVM loan money for GM and Chrysler 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

The same rules that could potentially end up keeping Tesla from qualifying for low interest loans from the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program are also keeping General Motors and Chrysler out of the running. In order to qualify for the loan program, an ...

Aptera to go to Washington to fight for DOE loans 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Aptera wants a piece of the $25 billion Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program loan pie. Unfortunately for the California startup they can't have any because the program is companies making high efficiency "cars." That means vehicles that pass all federal motor ...

Here are all 4,000+ Aptera vehicles ordered thus far, but federal law needs to be changed for DOE loan 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

ApteraForum member HadleyRille generously let us see one of the renderings he made recently of a few hundred Aptera 2es on an apparently endless plane. But, considering that over 4,000 of these vehicles have been pre-ordered thus far, it only makes sense to get a glimpse of what that many of ...

Tesla to unveil Model S on March 26, hopes for DOE money by summer 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

In a newsletter distributed today by Tesla Motors, CEO Elon Musk provides an update on the business including an announcement that a driveable prototype of the Model S would be unveiled on March 26. The Model S reveal will take place at the Southern California headquarters of Musk's other company, ...


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