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Congress Sets Date For Fisker Loan Hearings: April 24
Green energy and electric vehicles are an easy target for politicians at the best of times, but even more so when they fail, taking down millions in unpaid government loans with them. Fisker Automotive isn't dead yet but it does owe the U.S. Department of Energy a large proportion of the $193...
DoE's Battery Research Center Seeks 5X Improvement In 5 Years
If you want to know how advanced cars might be in the next hundred years, just take a look at how far the car has come along in the last hundred. Unfortunately, electric cars... December 4, 2012 by Antony Ingram 8
Rejected For Loans Tesla Got, Inflatable Car Firm Sues DoE 3 Years Later
Oh, those DoE loans. They arose in the recent U.S. presidential debate--not just once or twice, but three times--and continue to generate debate. So here's more fuel for the... November 26, 2012 by John Voelcker 5
Chrysler Yanks Plug-In Hybrid Test Fleet Off Roads, Will Replace Batteries
Ask most people about Chrysler's plug-in hybrid prototype program, and you'll get something like, "Huh? Chrysler has plug-in hybrids?" In fact, the company does: 23 minivans... September 24, 2012 by John Voelcker 19
Senators Question DoE Loans To Fisker, Cite Qatar Investment
It's fair to say Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors is on a high at the moment. The first owners finally have their brand new 2012 Tesla Model S cars, and the company is... June 26, 2012 by Antony Ingram 4
Fueling Stations: Electric Cars Trump All Other Alt-Fuel Types
Since about 1930, U.S. vehicles have largely been fueled on gasoline. Diesel passenger vehicles arrived in the 1960s, and there are now about 120,000 locations in the U.S... May 22, 2012 by John Voelcker 4
First Chrysler Plug-In Hybrid Minivans Delivered For Testing
There's likely a huge market demand for higher-mileage minivans and wagons, but so far, the 2012 Toyota Prius V is the sole entry that gets more than 40 mpg in EPA testing... April 16, 2012 by John Voelcker 2
Coda Abandons Plan To Build Its Battery Cells In U.S.
We breathed a sigh of relief when Coda announced it had started production of its electric Sedan earlier this month. Then, we positively jumped for joy when little over a... March 29, 2012 by Antony Ingram 30
Elon Musk: Daimler Saved Tesla, DoE Loans A Bad Idea
In the toughest days of Tesla's early years, CEO Elon Musk said on film, he wired $3 million of his personal fortune to the company so it could make payroll. Now the... March 22, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 30
DoE Dings Loans For Startup Carbon Motors' Police Cruisers
Log one more startup car company the U.S. Department of Energy has declined to fund. The latest entry on the lengthening list that includes Virtual Vehicles Co. (renamed... March 8, 2012 by John Voelcker 1
DoE Secretary Chu: Gas Prices Hurt, But Oil Dependency Worse
Unless you don’t drive a gasoline-powered car, the chances are you’ve noticed the spike in gasoline prices lately. But according to the U.S. Secretary of Energy... February 29, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 10
Startup Bright Automotive Shuts Down, Slams DoE Loan Process
Startup plug-in vehicle maker Bright Automotive announced today that it is closing down. While General Motors had invested $5 million in the company, Bright had relied on the... February 28, 2012 by John Voelcker 8
Fuel Cell Research Continues: DoE Seeks Viability Feedback
Like many of the paths towards improving the ways in which we use energy and reducing our dependency on oil, hydrogen fuel cells have their plus and minus points. To find out... February 9, 2012 by Antony Ingram 7
2014 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Will Be U.S. Made, Says Toyota
Buy a gasoline 2012 Toyota Highlander crossover in the U.S., and the chances are it will have been made at Toyota’s Princetown factory in Indiana. Opt for the more fuel... February 9, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
Fisker Loan Woes: Bump In The Road, Or A Big Pothole?
On Monday, we told you that California-based Fisker Automotive had announced it was laying off employees and contractors after it missed deadlines associated with its $529... February 8, 2012 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 6
Top Five Green-Car Stories Of 2011: MPGs, Electric Cars, And More
Yep, it's almost the end of the year, which means reams of roundup stories from all your favorite auto websites. Nope, we're not that different: We've got one too. Here's our... December 22, 2011 by John Voelcker 11
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