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Electric car startup Tesla Motors claims that all it needs to begin construction on a manufacturing plant in San Jose, Calif., is a $200 million loan guarantee from the federal government. CEO Elon Musk has described the loan guarantee as a “when, not an if,” adding that, “We’ll do what we need to

Everyone is joining in the race to create the definitive new widely accepted publicly-used electric car. We’ve got large corporations like the Renault-Nissan Alliance and even recently BMW but one of the unique beauties of electric cars seems to be the ability for small companies such as Optimal Energy to join the fray as well.

Better Place and Hawaii have joined forces. This week the State of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Electric Company endorsed a plan to build a new renewable transportation system based on electric vehicles with swappable batteries and a “smart” battery recharging network.

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Last Bailout Plea: Chrysler Needs $7 Billion Written by Nick Chambers Published on December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Electric Cars (EVs), Plug-in hybrid EVs, US Economy So, finally we complete the trifecta.

As the second of the Big Three to come wagging their tails between their legs to the US Congress, General Motors is asking for a total of $18 billion dollars to avoid imminent bankruptcy. The only problem: nobody gave them the electric car memo.

Fisker Reveals Production Version of Luxury Electric Car Written by Nick Chambers Published on December 2nd, 2008 2 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs), Plug-in hybrid EVs Gearing up for an offical public debut at the 2009 North American International Auto Show next month, Fisker Automotive

Ford expects to return to profitability in 2011 Posted on Dec 02 2008 by admin | Posted under Ford, Industry news | No Comments » Ford submitted a business plan to Congress this morning, which details the company’s plan to return to profitability and outlines a request for potential access to a

Ford Motor Company has unveiled radical new plans to start producing electric vehicles from 2010 onwards. The company will deliver an all-electric van for commercial fleet use in 2010, an all-electric sedan in 2011 and a ‘family’ of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs by 2012.

The idea was to show some key US bloggers what our country is made of: the good, the bad and the complex. I decided to tag along for the Cape Town leg of the tour, which is an exhaustive/exhausting nine-day trek around the country by plane, bus, helicopter and boat.