Topic - electric cars

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General news, Cleantech, Finance

U.S. Government Fuels $350M Tesla Loan

U.S. Department of Energy plans to loan electric car maker funds to help unveil a prototype of its Model S electric sedan in March that sports a $60,000 price tag.
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General news, Cleantech, Finance

Ener1 Secures $30M Lifeline

The advanced battery maker gets an injection of cash as its key customer, the electric carmaker Think, halts production.
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General news, Cleantech

GM Picks LG Unit to Power Chevy Volt?

Compact Power—not General Electric-backed A123Systems— likely to provide lithium-ion batteries for the automaker’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle.
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General news, Cleantech

Australia Joins Electric Car Movement

Better Place will get to prove its plug-in vehicle network will work in a large country.
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General news, Cleantech, Finance

Oracle of Omaha Likes Alternative Vehicles

A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary will buy 10 percent of Chinese electric and hybrid carmaker BYD.
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General news, Cleantech

Chrysler Goes Electric

The U.S. automaker is developing three electric technology car models to be in production as early as 2010.
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Cleantech

Tesla Plugs In to PG&E Research

Tesla Motors and PG&E team up to research vehicle-to-grid technology. The project focuses on controlling when the cars would suck power from the grid.
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Cleantech

Tesla Bats Down Rumors of Delay

Tesla Motors' Martin Eberhard steps down as CEO, but company denies rumors it is preparing to delay the production and delivery of its sexy all-electric sports car.