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REPORT: V-Vehicles waiting for DOE response, looking for future workers

V-Vehicle Co., the ambitious start-up that's received backing from T. Boone Pickens (among others), is moving forward with its plan to build a "fuel-efficient car for the U.S. market." The company has put in a request to the DOE for $250 million in low-interest Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program loans in order to re-open a facility in Monroe, Louisiana that was once a GM plant. The VVC plant would employ 1,400 people with an average salary of $40,000 once full production ramps up, something that will take many years. ... Read more →

Proposed U.S. legislation would provide tax breaks for natural gas vehicles Jeremy Korzeniewski

Senator Robert Menendez (D - NJ) has introduced new legislation to promote natural gas for use in our automobiles. The NAT GAS Act, co-sponsored by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - NV) ...

T. Boone Pickens' wind farm plan dies out Sebastian Blanco

T. Boone Pickens has spent $60 million in the last year promoting the "Pickens Plan," an idea for a giant wind farm in Texas. Now, the billionaire oil man is saying he will postpone the project for at ...

More information on V Vehicle Co.'s Louisiana plant endeavor, high-mpg cars Sebastian Blanco

There was big news out of Louisiana yesterday when new automaker V-Vehicle Co. came out of stealth mode with its announcement that it would start building high-mileage, environmentally friendly ...

New automaker V-Vehicle Co. sets up shop in idled GM plant in Louisiana Sebastian Blanco

Wither natural gas? T. Boone Pickens was last heard strongly supporting using the abundant North American fossil fuel as a means of moving the U.S. away from foreign oil. Today, though, the Texas ...

Economic woes slow down the Pickens Plan West Texas wind farm 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The tumbling economy has certainly taken its toll on automakers, ethanol producers and everyone else, pretty much. Why should T. Boone Pickens escape the downfall? He hasn't. The huge west Texas wind farm that is part of T. Boone Pickens's new energy Plan has been delayed and now probaly won't ...

Join T. Boone Pickens for an "online rally" over the energy plan tonight 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The second U.S. presidential candidate debate is tonight, and it's likely that energy policy will come up in some fashion. Central casting's best-named oil man, T. Boone Pickens, wants to make sure the debate starts a bigger discussion on energy use in America and so he is hosting an "online rally" ...

AutoblogGreen Podcast #22 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For Episode #22 of the AutoblogGreen podcast, Sam and Sebastian recap the AVFI show in Las Vegas, and enter into a discussion focusing on diesel. Still on the diesel tip, Sam talks excitedly about the Volkswagen TDI Cup racing series before moving on to the much more charged topic of EV ...


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