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Posts Tagged ‘department of energy’

Nissan Expounds On Electric Vehicle Plans

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Wow, Nissan sure has been busy lately bringing their fleet of vehicles into the 21st century.  Following their recent announcement of new fuel injector technology and approval for a $1.6 billion U.S. Department of Energy loan, they have laid out in detail what’s coming in the near future.  The company’s plan will give the Japanese [...]

Nissan Electric Vehicles To Be Made In U.S.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Following the approval of a loan from the U.S. Department of Energy, Nissan has announced that they will be drastically expanding the operations of their Smyrna, Tennessee.  The $1.6 billion loan will be used to bring the factory into the 21st century by making it capable of constructing battery electric vehicles and individual battery packs [...]

Chrysler Wants Loan For EV Development

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

This may just be a classic case of too little, too late.  Chrysler has recently filed a load request with the Department of Energy for the proposed construction of a new vehicle plant in Michigan that will be used to manufacture electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles.  The company also wants money to develop these [...]


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