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REPORT: Fisker going to Delaware for Project Nina plant; Quantum readies diesel-hybrid powertrain
green.autoblog.com - 10/23/2009
REPORT: Fisker going to Delaware for Project Nina plant; Quantum readies diesel-hybrid powertrain
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Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery We heard earlier this week that Fisker Automotive has selected a location to build its U.S. production facility for its upcoming, lower-cost plug-in hybrid. Now there are all sorts of rumors swirling that Delaware is the place where ...
PEV 2009: Henrik Fisker explains how his company will be profitable, Karma plans for 2010
green.autoblog.com - 10/26/2009
PEV 2009: Henrik Fisker explains how his company will be profitable, Karma plans for 2010
— green.autoblog.com — With his company about to announce its first U.S. plant in Delaware , CEO Henrik Fisker was... in high spirits and high demand at last week's Business of Plugging In conference in Detroit. We were able to pull the busy man aside for a few minutes to ask for more information on how his company ... (more) PEV 2009: Henrik Fisker explains how his company will be ...

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Joe Biden reveals Fisker's future plans: sedan, coupe and crossover in the works
green.autoblog.com - 10/28/2009
Joe Biden reveals Fisker's future plans: sedan, coupe and crossover in the works
— green.autoblog.com — Henrik Fisker talks about the future with Fox News - Click above to watch the video after... the break Earlier this month, Fox news was ripping Fisker Automotive apart and Fisker fought back . Yesterday, as the start-up automaker announced it will buy an old GM plant in Delaware, everyone ... (more) Joe Biden reveals Fisker's future plans: sedan, coupe ...

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Fisker reportedly chooses U.S. location to build lower-cost plug-in hybrid, will announce soon
green.autoblog.com - 10/21/2009
Fisker reportedly chooses U.S. location to build lower-cost plug-in hybrid, will announce soon
— green.autoblog.com — Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery Henrik Fisker, co-founder and chief executive of the... automaker that bears his name, has said that the company has chosen a location for the U.S. plant to build its next eco-friendly automobile, but he's not yet ready to announce the ... (more) Fisker reportedly chooses U.S. location to build ...

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Climate Progress:  Can’t teach an old car company new tricks — not even when it’s under new management

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Can’t teach an old car company new tricks — not even when it’s under new management
Climate Progress — ... begging for money to avoid its collapse. To renege from the agreement is unethical at best and downright dubious at worst. As recently as August, Chrysler received $70 million more in federal funds from DOE to support the development of a fleet of 220 test vehicles, which has now been scrapped. Meanwhile, virtually every other major US automaker is putting a serious down payment on commercializing an electric drive or hybrid vehicle – from small start ups like Tesla, Fiskar, and Coda to giant mega brands like Honda, GM, and Toyota. GM plans to have the ...

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VIDEO: Fisker Karma's design was bred from dogs and fighter jets
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Fisker picks distributor for Europe
reuters.com 11/3/2009 — Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Fisker Automotive Inc, the builder of luxury plug-in hybrids, has picked a large distributor to sell its vehicles in Europe and is looking to sign a similar deal in China, its chief executive told Reuters on ...
First Fisker dealership opens in LA, 120 pre-orders already taken
green.autoblog.com 28 days ago — 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 - you've got yourself a fun night. This is what happened ...
Henrik Fisker distances his company from Tesla, GM
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Fisker, the vast rightwing conspiracy, and the $528 Mil DOE loan
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green.autoblog.com 9/8/2009 — Fisker Karma - click above for high-res image gallery The miles per gallon rating of a vehicle that can get energy from an electrical outlet is a difficult thing to accurately know and get the public to accept. Just ask AFS Trinity, with their "150 mpg" SUVs , or GM, with the 230 mpg ...
Transit Systems Are Turning To Hybrid Buses — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 10/22/2009
Transit systems from New York to Taipei, and from Ames, Iowa, to Ann Arbor, Mich., are adding hybrid buses at a rapid clip. New York, by far, has the nation's biggest fleet of hybrid buses
Scott Burgess: A Hybrid for Everyone — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 10/22/2009
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