Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Bright Automotive has applied for $35 million in government grants to accelerate the production of its plug-in hybrid the IDEA ( earlier post ), and to deliver battery solutions to the industry through its engineering services arm.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Startup plug-in vehicle maker Bright Automotive announced today that it is closing down. While General Motors had invested $5 million in the company, Bright had relied on the hope that the U.S. Department of Energy would grant it low-interest loans under the advanced-technology vehicle manufacturing program.

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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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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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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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Plug-in Bright Automotive Plug Cars 124

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

Exclusive rights are granted to Harman Becker to manufacture the latest technology solutions for the worldwide vehicle OEM market. on CO 2 vehicle standards could reduce the price of oil mdf on Environmental Transport Association blasts proposed car scrapping scheme in UK Jeff Grant on Nissan adds flex-fuel version of the Versa.

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