Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2010

General Motors announced today that it will invest in startup Bright Automotive, which hopes to start final production engineering of its Idea plug-in hybrid delivery van design later this year.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Start-up electric vehicle maker, Bright Automotive is to close down after failing to secure loans from the US government.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 3, 2010

General Motors has agreed to pursue a strategic relationship with Bright Automotive, the developer of the purpose-built, plug-in hybrid IDEA. Tags: Green cars Latest news general motors Bright Automotive Bright IDEA GM technologies GM Ventures.

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National Green Transportation

AUGUST 3, 2010

Aug 3, Detroit, MI and Anderson, IN - Bright Automotive and General Motors have announced plans to begin what they're calling a strategic partnership. The deal will help Bright start mass production of their plug-in hybrid fleet vehicle,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Bright Automotive, Inc. has entered into an agreement for AM General LLC to be Bright’s exclusive North American assembler for the Bright IDEA vehicle platform. AM General will build the Bright IDEA in its Commercial Assembly Plant in Mishawaka, Ind., under a contract assembly agreement.

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National Green Transportation

AUGUST 12, 2010

Yesterday an enigmatic tweet from the Bright Automotive twitter account saying "Another Bright announcement coming tomorrow." clued us in to an interesting followup to last weeks announcement that GM is exploring investing in Bright

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Starting a company is tough; starting a company in the green automotive field may be even tougher. So it seemed like the engineering team from defunct startup Bright Automotive, once granted investment by GM, might have a second chance to see their technology on the road.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc. Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO, Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. Molinaroli, Chairman, Johnson Controls-Saft and President, Johnson Controls Power Solutions. Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President & CEO, FedEx Corporation. Vieau, President & CEO, A123 Systems, Inc.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 8, 2012

renamed NextCar), Aptera Motors, and Bright Automotive is Carbon Motors of Connersville, Indiana. 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.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Startup Bright Automotive announced last week that, once the company completes its funding, its advanced plug-in hybrid Idea delivery van would be assembled under contract by AM General. How times change.

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All Cars Electric

MARCH 14, 2010

As federal government agencies add electric vehicles to their fleet, will consumers notice and follow along? If an agency such as the USPS, who is seen be everyone, employs electric vehicles in daily use will consumers believe that EVs are feasible, reliable means of transportation and follow suit? These questions will remain unanswered for some.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2013

Echo Automotive, Inc., Echo’s Chief Technology Officer is John Waters, the founder & CEO of Bright Automotive ( earlier post ).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. 195, Bright will be building cars that “do more with less&# , a philosophy MacCready was famous for (and the title of a wonderful biography on him). January 21, 2009.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

John Waters, President & CEO, Bright Automotive. The ESN is evaluating a pipeline of potential cleantech projects; two initial activities are: The Hoosier Heavy Hybrid Partnership, focused on bringing more cost effective light, medium, and heavy duty hybrid trucks to market; and. Mike Hudson, President, I-Power Technologies.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 11, 2009

We interviewed Senator Lugar in DC recently — as we caught the Capitol Hill debut of Bright Automotive’s Idea — a plug-in hybrid electric delivery vehicle. So … fingers crossed for Bright. ’ Tags: EV Economics Events Production Diary Bright Automotive Rocky Mountain Institute.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 17, 2010

When GM Ventures announced it would invest an unspecified amount of money into startup hybrid truck-maker Bright Automotive, several of us noted that the prototype Bright Idea delivery van used an 2.0-liter liter engine and transmission from a Dodge Caliber.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Bright Automotive has been threatening to break out as an upstart company in the plug-in hybrid car sector for several years – and now it has secured a partnership in North America which may help it achieve its ambitions. The company has entered an agreement for AM General LLC to be its exclusive assembler for [.].

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

In fact, he was in Anderson Thursday taking pictures of an electric delivery van being designed by Bright Automotive. In fact, some of the engineers working in Indiana worked on General Motors EV1, which is the subject of our first film,&# said Paine. Paine is shooting a sequel to his 2006 movie. And it makes absolutely no sound.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Back in April, startup company Bright Automotive unveiled its design for a plug-in hybrid light delivery truck. Now, we've had a chance to drive the prototype, briefly, just as Bright raised its electric range to 40 miles. Our test vehicle was the only Bright IDEA van prototype built thus far by the Anderson, Indiana, firm.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 23, 2009

I’m betting that Bright Automotive in Indiana will be on the next list of recipients. This announcement assures that large numbers of electric vehicles will be available to U.S. customers starting late next year and growing rapidly soon after. Additionally, tens of thousands of jobs will be created.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 3, 2012

Bright Automotive went under. The Volt has had to contend with the overblown battery fire incident and the production hiatus. Fisker is delivering the Karma, but not without glitches and its DOE loan is being questioned. Aptera went under. The press has not been kind.

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All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 21, 2009

In response to owners of the IDEA PHEV commercial vehicle, Bright Automotive has upgraded the vehicle to deliver 40 miles of electric only range and almost 40 mpg in hybrid mode. As Bright Automotive said CEO John E.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Bright Automotive Inc has launched eSolutions in an effort to accelerate worldwide electrification and overall platform efficiency and at the heart of the new programme is a newly announced contract from the US Army TACOM to conduct a demonstration project on a low-cost plug-in hybrid electric solution for non-tactical military vehicles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Bright Automotive. Coda Automotive. Fisker Automotive. Fisker Automotive. Bright Automotive. Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. Which electric-car developer counts former U.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2009

Bright Automotive may only be considered a start-up company, but it is about to have a significant impact on one of the most important car manufacturers in the world - Volkswagen. The goal for Bright meanwhile, is to prove the platform works and get it into play.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

GM Ventures also had a stake in Bright Automotive ( earlier post ), which shut down earlier this year.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

The event was organised by Bright Automotive to showcase its IDEA - a 100mpg plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that it hopes to market to both Government and commercial fleets. Tags: Green cars Latest news Bright Automotive Capitol Hill Senators. All of the cars ran on electricity or biofuels in addition to petroleum.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

WEBSTER • FREE PRESS AUTOMOTIVE EDITOR• April 21, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share this article Del.icio.us Facebook Digg Reddit Newsvine More evidence that we are approaching an exciting new frontier in the automotive industry will be on display today on Capitol Hill. The 100 m.p.g. Right Now can be seen here.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive, Inc. Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO, Nissan Motor Company, Ltd. Molinaroli, Chairman, Johnson Controls-Saft and President, Johnson Controls Power Solutions. Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President & CEO, FedEx Corporation. Vieau, President & CEO, A123 Systems, Inc.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

The folks who blew me away were the ones from Bright Automotive. They’re building their new Bright IDEA from scratch and they’re building it with a very non-GM mindset. Here’s a video the Bright folks have produced that tells the beginning of their story.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

Separately, the US Postal Service has awarded EDAG one of the five contracts for an electric postal delivery vehicle (LLV); EDAG is partnering with Bright Automotive on that contract. —EDAG CEO, Jörg Ohlsen. Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Bright Automotive: Has launched the Bright IDEA, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and recently signed a contract with the US Army (see article ). REVA: An Indian company that markets the G-Wiz in the UK. Aixam-Mega: The French automobile maker has actually been around since 1983 and is Europe’s largest producer of microcars.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

AutoblogGreen bloggers (30 days) # Blogger Posts Cmts 1 Jeremy Korzeniewski 123 4 2 Sebastian Blanco 111 11 3 Sam Abuelsamid 107 9 4 Domenick Yoney 32 0 5 Xavier Navarro 21 0 6 Jonathon Ramsey 1 0 7 Gary Witzenburg 1 0 8 Chris Paukert 1 0 Most Commented On (7 days) Obama outlines high-speed rail plan for U.S. (61)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept.

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