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By: Aptera on the Skids: Electric 2e on Hold Amid Layoffs, Dash for Cash

Aptera on the Skids: Electric 2e on Hold Amid Layoffs, Dash for Cash — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:44:22 +0000

[...] itself in late last year, when plans to set up manufacturing for the delayed Model S sedan were put on hold pending approval of a loan guarantee or low-interest loans from the Department of Energy. Tesla CEO Elon Musk described the loan [...]

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By: SoloPower CEO Replaced With Investor

SoloPower CEO Replaced With Investor — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:04:03 +0000

[...] program, which is laudable but can take a long time. (Just look at Tesla Motors, which waited for more than two years to get its guarantee.) We’re waiting to hear back from the company on [...]

By: Tesla Motors to Get Long-Awaited DOE Loan, Says Report

Tesla Motors to Get Long-Awaited DOE Loan, Says Report — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:23:41 +0000

[...] we’ve written before, Tesla has had good reason to be confident that DOE funds would come through, but there’s a [...]

By: Tesla Pulls Back Roadster Production Ramp Up

Tesla Pulls Back Roadster Production Ramp Up — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:17:11 +0000

[...] S, the lower-cost sedan that will be unveiled in pre-production form on March 26 (the company is banking on Department of Energy funds to set up manufacturing), Musk has just revealed plans to roughly split sales between North America [...]

By: Dagan

Dagan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:41:59 +0000

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By: Timeline Revealed for DOE Loan Program: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up « Earth2Tech

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:25:09 +0000

[...] Timeline Revealed for DOE Loan Program: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up Written by Josie Garthwaite 2 Comments Posted February 12th, 2009 at 12:30 pm in Energy,Policy Energy Secretary Steven Chu wanted checks cut in four weeks. Today, the director of the Department of Energy’s much-delayed loan guarantee program for clean energy technology, David Frantz, revealed what he sees as a realistic timeline: In testimony today before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, he said that while the program will begin disbursing loans this year, guarantees for projects that require environmental impact statements will not go through until 2010. This means more waiting for the program’s first round of 16 finalists, including Solyndra, Beacon Power and Tesla Motors (which has also requested low-interest loans under a separate DOE program). [...]

By: Wanted: Tesla Model S Factory Site, Take Three « Earth2Tech

Wanted: Tesla Model S Factory Site, Take Three « Earth2Tech — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:13:18 +0000

[...] because the Department of Energy loan program through which the company intends to finance construction (or at another site, retooling) of the facility favors projects on brownfields (two birds, one [...]

By: Tesla Backpedals on Model S Factory Promise « Earth2Tech

Tesla Backpedals on Model S Factory Promise « Earth2Tech — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:38:16 +0000

[...] called a government guarantee for loans to build its mass-market electric sedan factory a “when, not an if.” Supposedly all the luxury electric car startup needed to begin construction on a plant for [...]

By: Yen

Yen — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:25:41 +0000

Excellent, thanks!

By: GM Suspends Volt Engine Plant Construction « Earth2Tech

GM Suspends Volt Engine Plant Construction « Earth2Tech — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:13:49 +0000

[...] vehicle projects. Factory construction for another electric car, Tesla’s Model S, is also on hold pending government aid. And facing its first sales decline in 13 years, Toyota said on Monday it will stop work on a Prius [...]

By: UPDATED: Tesla’s 100th Roadster Customer Is… « Earth2Tech

UPDATED: Tesla’s 100th Roadster Customer Is… « Earth2Tech — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:56:36 +0000

[...] on the terms it wanted. Tesla’s hard times have raised questions about the company’s overall strategy and resulted in it being included in trend stories about the struggling electric vehicle [...]

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Random Linkage » Blog Archive » Random Linkage 2008-Dec-08 PM — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:07:30 +0000

[...] all-electric roadster company, is assuring people it will receive $200M loan from government to cover cost of manufacturing facility due to break ground mid-2009 Tesla sought a guarantee on [...]

By: Electricnick, The World Of Electric Cars » Blog Archive » Electric Vehicles, Daily News, Part 2

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:01:48 +0000

[...] the DoE 2 years back for funds when applying for the Energy Policy Act of 2005. According to Earth2Tech, the difference with the $25 billion direct-loan package is that it is open to a range of energy [...]

By: Will

Will — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:07:56 +0000

What the writer fails to mention are the fact that not one entity has been given a loan under the 2005 act. If you read the terms I am surprised that anyone would even apply.

By: Cars, Candidates, Loans, and Bailouts - Page 7 - Tesla Motors Club Forum

Cars, Candidates, Loans, and Bailouts - Page 7 - Tesla Motors Club Forum — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:48:40 +0000

[...] ^ the death knell for mass market car manufacturing in this country. Good article: How Risky Is Tesla’s Bet on a DOE Loan Guarantee? Earth2Tech [...]