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DOE Turns Down V-Vehicle Loan Applications

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million from the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVMLP). million to re-equip and tool an existing manufacturing facility as VVC’s first regional assembly plant in Monroe, Louisiana. The company’s vehicle design team is led by Tom Matano, who is best known as the “father of the Mazda Miata”.

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Startup V-Vehicle Company to Assemble selects Monroe, La., to begin assembling new automobiles and create 1,400 jobs

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VVC’s Director of Design is Tom Matano, who led the design of the Mazda Miata. In addition, Louisiana FastStart will provide, at no cost to the company, customized workforce recruitment, screening and training for VVC and its on-site suppliers. VVC will assemble the cars at the former Guide Corp.

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Green cars to take over GM plant

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A closed plant in Louisiana will reopen soon under the ownership of V-Vehicle Co., a new US vehicle manufacturer that plans to build environmentally friendly cars at the facility. The future may be green for General Motors, but it’s also green for an old General Motors plant.