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Fisker Secures $115.3M in Private Equity Funding; Necessary to Access $528.7M DOE Loan

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Fisker Automotive last week secured access to an additional $115.3 million in private equity funding to develop plug-in hybrid cars. This funding is necessary for Fisker Automotive to access a $528.7 This funding is necessary for Fisker Automotive to access a $528.7 A123 is also investing $23 million in Fisker.

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DOE Closes $465M Loan to Tesla Motors

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This is part of a sustained effort to develop and commercialize technologies that will be broadly deployed throughout the American auto industry. Volume production of the Model S is planned to begin in 2012 with a target production capacity of 20,000 vehicles per year by the end of 2013. and Fisker Automotive.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Establishing dealer network.

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One way or another, Fisker Automotive may soon be off the market

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Two German investors, Ingo Voigt and Fritz Nol, announced their intent to buy Fisker Automotive, the failing plug-in hybrid car company, on 11 September. The team submitted a detailed offer to the US Department of Energy (DOE) along with a letter of intent for restructuring Fisker. DOE auctioning off the Fisker loan.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Considering how much GM plugs we do 80% of our driving in the city, those highway miles dont get much use. I had surmised this in my 2002 car design thesis [link] even before anyone was talking about plug in series hybrids.

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