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DOE Announces $528.7M Conditional Loan for Fisker Automotive for PHEVs

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million ATVM loan for Fisker’s Project Nina—the design, engineering and assembly of Fisker Automotive’s next-generation plug-in hybrids, starting at about $39,900 after tax credits. Fisker automobiles use an extended range electric vehicle architecture, and will offer a cruising range of about 300 miles. Earlier post.).

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Tesla and Toyota Intend to Work Jointly on EV Development, TMC to Take Equity Stake in Tesla; Tesla Purchases NUMMI Factory

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Tesla Motors, Inc. and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) intend to cooperate on the development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support. The sedan, which Tesla unveiled in March 2009, has an anticipated base price of $49,900, including a federal tax credit.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Tesla Motors. Tesla Motor. Tesla Motors. General Motors. These vehicles are expected to range in price from about $40,000 to more than $100,000. All will qualify for a $7,500 federal tax credit. is 50 mph and its nominal range is 50 miles; it retails for about $12,000.

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Tesla To Offer Auto Leases

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Tesla To Offer Auto Leases. Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. 100-mile driving range and hits the market in December; it will be priced. General Motors Co.’s ’s Chevy Volt, an extended range electric vehicle, will launch by December. Tags: EV Economics Tesla.

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Electric Vehicle Glossary: The Complete list of Electric Car Related Terms

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Extended Range Electric Vehicle (EREV) : Read Series Hybrid. Electricity to drive the motor is directly generated by the chemical reaction of Hydrogen and Oxygen. It includes grants towards the purchase price, free parking, zero road tax, low company car tax, and exemption from city emissions and congestion charges.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

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Also ferrying guests about a short circuit (so to speak) was a smart fortwo imbued with a Tesla-engineered drivetrain, fruit of its effort to supply Daimler with battery packs for 1,000 smart eds. Competition is going to force them to produce a comfortable, usable, extended range EV for that price, and I will just have to wait.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

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Written by Josie Garthwaite 9 Comments Posted March 31st, 2009 at 5:00 am in Automotive Before unveiling the concept version of its Model S sedan, an $57,400 electric car that Tesla Motors wants to build using loans from the Department of Energy, the startup said the Model S battery would be designed to handle rapid charging.