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0Aptera: We need government money to bring vehicle to market 1296846360
What's been happening at Aptera? The hyper-aerodynamic vehicle company is still moving forward, just not as fast as the original plans called for (remember when the car was supposed to be available in 2009 2010?). In the company's latest email newsletter, much space is dedicated to explaining ...
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V-Vehicles tours D.C. with secretive high-mpg concept, still no pics 1272477480
V-Vehicle started with a strategy of secrecy and keeps on walking down the same path. A bit of corporate glad-handing brought the company's prototype vehicle to elected officials and DOE representatives in D.C. yesterday and, true to form, the event was off-limits to the general public (just like ...
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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 ... -
President signs bill expanding ATVM program to three wheelers 1256904240
Aptera 2e final design rendering - Click above to enlargeWhen congress established the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program in the 2007 energy bill, it explicitly said that it applied to making cars that come under the federal motor vehicle safety standards. Those safety ... -
BREAKING: Fisker gets $528.7 million loan from U.S. DOE for Karma, Project Nina 1253647080
Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image galleryFisker's goal of becoming profitable by 2011 received a shot in the arm today thanks to the U.S. Energy Department's announcement that the upstart automaker will receive a $528.7 million conditional loan. The DOE says the loan, "will create or ... -
Washington debates if the Aptera 2e should be considered a car 1252954080
Aptera 2e - Click above for high-res image galleryFor 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 of vehicles like this and others, like the Zap ... -
Report: VP Joe Biden to announce stimulus battery grants in Detroit on Wednesday 1249395960
Vice President Joe Biden will be delivering a speech on the economic recovery efforts that have been implemented thus far at the NextEnergy Center in Detroit on Wednesday. The Detroit News is reporting that Biden will be using the occasion to announce the first round of battery research grants from ...
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Tesla to use sales revenue, Daimler cash for DOE loans instead of new equity 1247748600
Tesla Model S - click above for high-res image galleryIn 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 would qualify. Our skepticism was based in part on ... -
Officially, official: Nissan gets $1.6B DOE loan to build EVs, batteries in Tennsessee 1245777480
Nissan EV-02 prototype - click above for high res image galleryNissan has just announced that the Department of Energy has approved its request for a $1.6 billion low interest loan under the ATVM program. The money will be used to update the Smyrna, TN factory to build up to 150,000 battery ... -
Officially, official: Tesla gets $465m in loans from the DOE to build Model S, EV powertrains 1245775020
Click above for a high-res gallery of the Tesla Model SAfter many months of anxiously waiting, Tesla Motors officially got the word from the Department of Energy that it would the loan interest loans that it was seeking. Tesla and the DOE announced that the California EV maker will get two loans ...
