Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

million conditional loan to Fisker Automotive for the development of two lines of plug-in hybrids—the Karma and the new Project Nina vehicle—by 2016. 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.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Pending approvals, the New GM is expected to launch in about 60 to 90 days as a separate and independent company from the current GM. Columbus, Ohio Close: 31 Dec 2009. General Motors Corp. reached agreements with the US Treasury and the governments of Canada and Ontario for the creation of a smaller, self-sustaining “New GM”.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

The announcement marks the single largest investment in advanced battery technology for hybrid and electric-drive vehicles ever made. Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Production of manganese oxide cathode / graphite lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles.

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