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• Siry Slams DOE Loan Program For “Stifling Innovation”

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Former Tesla PR honcho Daryl Siry lays into the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan program (ATVML) at Wired’s Autopia blog, taking the $25b program to task for “stifling innovation.” At its core, his argument is a simple one: Startup companies that enjoy DOE support, most ...
  4 hours ago

• In Role as Kingmaker, the Energy Department Stifles Innovation

  
  Autopia — Authority: 739
  Of all of the Department of Energy programs intended to advance the green agenda while stimulating the economy, the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive to spur the development of cleaner, greener automobiles is perhaps the most ambitious. But it has a downside. The energy department has approved ...
  8 hours ago

• 2009 Spark Design and Architecture award goes to Fisker Automotive

  
  Automobiles Review — Authority: 439
  Fisker Automotive company is based in California (USA). They developed Karma plug-in hybrid electric car, which won a 2009 Spark Design and Architecture Award. Karma is a proof that there is no need to sacrifice the power, performance and style in order to built a reliable electric car. This plug-in hybrid goes from 0 ...
  1 week ago

• Fisker, Mission One Snag Design Awards

  
  Autopia — Authority: 739
  Say what you will about electric vehicles, the Fisker Karma and Mission One are sexy rides indeed. The judges at Spark agree and have honored the two EVs in the annual Spark Design and Architecture awards. The Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid and Mission One electric superbike snagged gold awards, joining the exhibits ...
  1 week ago

• Aptera Delays 2e Launch Amid Funding Drought, Says Founders Not Ousted

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  By John ODell, Senior Editor Introduction of the long-awaited Aptera 2e all-electric three-wheel vehicle has been delayed until sometime next year, a quarter of its small workforce has been laid off and its co-founders have taken leaves – one of them permanently – as the company slogs through a painfully slow ...
  1 week ago

• Nissan’s wireless EV charging could leave Coulomb, Better Place in the dust

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 155
  Electric vehicles have come a long way in the last two years. Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive have proven that EVs can be fast and decently ranged, even sexy. Nissan is promising to make them fairly cheap. General Motors is working on something any flag waving urban American would be proud to drive. But there’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fisker Buys Mothballed GM Factory to Build $40,000 Plug-In Hybrid Cars

  
  MixedPower.com — Authority: 113
  Fisker Automotive is buying the old General Motors factory in Wilmington, Delaware, to produce an affordable, family-oriented plug-in hybrid sedan to cost under $40,000 after federal tax credits. Fisker expects the production facility will create or support 2,000 factory jobs plus more than 3,000 jobs for vendors and ...
  2 weeks ago

• U.S. Army tests Quantums new hybrid-diesel vehicles in special ops

  
  Cleantech Group - Latest clean technology news — Authority: 577
  Drivetrain technology in silent vehicle could reduce fuel consumption by 25 percent during quick-paced recon and surveillance missions.
  3 weeks ago

• REPORT: Elon Musk says Fisker is "very far" from overcoming EV hurdles

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 691
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Tesla Motors , Green Daily , Fisker In some ways, the all-electric Tesla Roadster and the plug-in hybrid Fisker Karma dont compete. The difference in powertrains, which will filter down to the two compaies lower-cost models, the Tesla Model S and Fiskers Project Nina ...
  3 weeks ago

• First Fisker dealership opens in LA, 120 pre-orders already taken

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 691
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Green Daily , Fisker Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery Take an old Lexus dealership in Santa Monica, repurpose the showroom to display a Fisker Karma, invite a bunch of plug-in hybrid-loving locals over a grand opening and - boom - youve got yourself ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fisker: Leonardo DiCaprio’s Prius Was The Inspiration To Start Company

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Never underestimate the impact of your choice of car, especially if you’re Leonardo DiCaprio, who I’m sure doesn’t. The high-profile early Prius adopter can now take credit for inspiring the creation of Fisker Motors. That comes straight from Henrik Fisker’s mouth. The former designer of gas-guzzling Aston ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fisker Receives Danish American Innovation Award for Karma Plug-In Hybrid

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Its not often automakers get noticed for doing something good, so
  3 weeks ago

• How Leo DiCaprio started a car company

  
  Environment — Authority: 556
  Henrik Fisker, the storied car designer who has shaped Aston Martins, Fords and BMWs, told the Reuters Autos Summit this week that he now wants a starring role in the green revolution. But he also wants to make the world safe for sports cars for generations to come. "Being a car enthusiast and loving cars, to be ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Leo DiCaprio started a car company

  
  Summit Notebook — Authority: 469
  Henrik Fisker, the storied car designer who has shaped Aston Martins, Fords and BMWs, told the Reuters Autos Summit this week that he now wants a starring role in the green revolution. But he also wants to make the world safe for sports cars for generations to come. “Being a car enthusiast and loving cars, to be ...
  3 weeks ago

• White House Proposes 2-For-1 CAFE Credits for Zero Emissions Vehicles

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Automaker Alliance Jumps On Board, EV-Makers Could Reap Huge Benefits Let the horse-trading begin. The Obama Administration, seeking to boost development of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, is suggesting that automakers be given CAFE credits that would let low and zero-emission vehicles count for up to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fisker Makes a Safe Bet on Distribution

  
  Autopia — Authority: 739
  Fisker Automotive promises a car with innovative powertrain technology, but it is sticking to the traditional playbook for distribution and sales by signing up established dealers in the United States and abroad. Tesla Motors on the other hand is building company-owned stores in a bid to revolutionize how cars are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Officially, Official: Fisker chooses Emil Frey Group for European distribution

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 691
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Europe/EU , Fisker Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery Speculation that Fiskers new big dealership partner in Europe would be the Emil Frey Group has turned out to be correct. The start-up automaker announced today that Emil Frey will be its ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fisker picks large distributor for European Karma sales, nearing UAW deal

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 691
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Green Daily , Europe/EU , Fisker Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery Further cementing its worldwide distribution plans, Fisker Automotive CEO Henrik Fisker said today that his company has selected "a large distributor" for European sales of its Karma ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fisker Dances With the UAW

  
  Autopia — Authority: 739
  Now that Fisker Automotive has bought a factory to build its plug-in hybrid, the California startup must broker a deal with the union workers who will assemble the car. Company founder and CEO Henrik Fisker says he expects to have a deal with the United Auto Workers in place by the end of the year. “We’re doing ...
  4 weeks ago

• Upstarts!

  
  Summit Notebook — Authority: 469
  The U.S. government has pumped more than $100 billion into Detroit over the past year to keep automakers General Motors and Chrysler alive. But some of the sector’s remaining capitalists are having a hard time stomaching a $25 billion Department of Energy loan program intended to spark new developments in electric ...
  4 weeks ago

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