earth2tech.com - 9/15/2009
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Kleiner Perkins investor, and former President of Oracle, Ray Lane, said that electric vehicle maker startup Fisker is gearing up to make a major announcement about a $39,000 plug-in hybrid vehicle later this week or next week. The venture capitalist, whose firm funded Fisker, let the news slip ...
energy.gov - 9/22/2009
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energy.gov —
Washington, DC - Energy Secretary Steven Chu today
announced a $528.7 million conditional loan for Fisker Automotive...
for the development of two lines of plug-in hybrids that will save hundreds of millions gallons of gasoline and offset millions of ...
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US Energy Secretary Chu Announces $528 Million Loan for ...
green.autoblog.com - 9/19/2009
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green.autoblog.com —
Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image
gallery Anyone that has watched either the auto industry...
or technology startups knows how hard it is to achieve profitability. Blend the two together and you more often than not have a recipe for financial disaster. We've seen far more ...
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REPORT: Fisker looks to 2011 for profits; color us skeptical
green.autoblog.com - 9/22/2009
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green.autoblog.com —
Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image
gallery Fisker's goal of becoming profitable by 2011 received...
a shot in the arm today thanks to the U.S. Energy Department's announcement that the upstart automaker will receive a $528.7 million conditional loan. The DOE says the loan, "will ...
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BREAKING: Fisker gets $528.7 million loan from U.S. DOE ...
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Fisker Will Produce $39,000 Plug-in Hybrid
HybridCars.com —
... , according to a report on Earth2Tech.com . Ray Lane, managing partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, which invested in Fisker, said the start-up carmaker will make the official announcement in the next week or two. Lane was speaking at the AlwaysOn Going Green conference in Sausalito, Calif. on Tuesday. The ...
REPORT: Fisker developing $39,000 plug-in hybrid
Autoblog Green —
... According to a report from earth2tech, Ray Lane, an investor with Kleiner Perkins, has let slip news that Fisker is developing a new plug-in hybrid automobile to slot below its planned Karma sedan with a base price of just $39,000. No indication is made whether that price would be before or after the $7,500 federal tax rebate it would likely qualify for. ...
Fisker Gets $528.7M From Feds for Two Plug-In Hybrids
Greentech Media: All Content —
... to Ford Motor, Nissan North America and Tesla Motors for building auto parts factories and car assembly plants in the United States. Project Nina, which the company said is named after one of Christopher Columbus's ships and symbolizes the car industry's move to a new market, is getting the largest chunk of the loan. Fisker hasn't previously discussed this project, though one of its investors, Ray Lane from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, hinted at it during AlwaysOn's GoingGreen conference just south of San Francisco last week. The DOE is funding the project with ...
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