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    Automotive X-Prize: Global-E's G1 could be the shape of things to come     1277467260

    Global E G1 – Click above for high-res image gallery
    The team behind the Global-E is inspired by its Louisiana roots. You can tell by the message on the front end of the car, which reads "Louisiana Proud," and the license plate, which says "Our environment ... our future" and has a picture ...

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    V-Vehicle shows off prototype - no pictures - of plastic shelled, high-mpg car     1272031320

    It's been ten months since we first heard about V-Vehicle Co. and its possible plan to begin building a high-mpg midsize vehicle by the end of 2010 or early 2011. Given the lack of information from V-Vehicle since then and the fact that the company did not get a $321.1 million DOE loan, things ...

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    V-Vehicle turned down for $321 million bid in DOE loans     1269550500

    Start-up automaker V-Vehicle Co. received news Wednesday that its bid for $321.1 million in federal loans was denied. The loans were considered crucial to getting the company on its feet. The San Diego-based company, which to date has released little more than a series of teaser images and a ...

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    V-Vehicle's DOE $250m loan application still in limbo, so $87m in state incentives are lost     1268233380

    We have yet to see anything more from V-Vehicle Co. – the secretive start-up automaker that came out of stealth mode last summer with a big plan to build high-mileage, environmentally friendly vehicles – than the teaser image you see above and a short video (watch it here). We heard ...

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    V-Vehicle Company video might reveal a few more details on upcoming high-mpg car     1245769320

    They're nothing more than brief flashes on a screen and there's no guarantee that they represent the mysterious new vehicle announced last week, but the teaser images in a promotional video about V-Venture Co. from Louisiana Economic Development could be previewing the company's upcoming high-mpg ...

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    REPORT: New Louisiana auto plant not for Th!nk, will make high-mpg gas-powered cars [UPDATED]     1245249540

    Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery
    Plans for a new auto plant will be unveiled later this morning in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. We guessed earlier that the plant would be for the Th!nk CIty EV, but a new report from local newspaper The News Star indicates ...

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    Biofuels law making its way through the LA legislature     1147969860

    Local Louisiana TV station KATC is reporting on a law that would require some fuel sold in Louisiana to have at least two percent biofuel blended in is making its way through the Louisiana Senate. One main sticking point is whether or not the biofuels will be required even if there is no market for ...

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    Louisiana will get two new biofuel plants     1147207740

    It was announced Friday that two new biodiesel plants will be built in Louisiana, according to the Advocate and WBRZ 2 TV news. The two plants, to be built by a subsidiary of the Shaw Group for $1.5 billion, will be in West Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes and will initially produce 100 million ...

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