tesla model s

• Hey all!  Sorry we’ve been out for a while, it’s been a hectic few months for both Jason and I.  That being said, I figured I’d atleast catch you up on what’s been going on in the world of green over the last month or so. Here we go:
• DOE:  Steven Chu just announced $620 million in additional stimulus funds for Smart Grid Projects.  He does think, however, that we’re falling behind in the global clean energy race, citing the example that China’s spending $9 billion a month on clean energy.
• Warren Buffet claimed that all cars will be electric by 2030…oh, no kidding Warren? …take your electric car…by 2030, I’ll be dippin’ in something powered by some form of this.
• A123 Systems: Recently released their first earnings report as a public company.
• Tesla:  Speaking of electric cars, Tesla says they’re 99.9% done finding the place where they’ll manufacture the Model S.  Also, there’s been some recent hype about their impending IPO.
• GM:  Even though they just reported a $1.2 billion loss, it looks like the Volt is still a go, what with the announcement that California will be the first to launch it.
• Fisker:  Same ish, different company…Fisker has delayed it’s Karma launch to September 2010….can’t say that wasn’t expected.
• Vectrix:  Hey, they’re recovering from the recent bankruptsy. Great!
• Longyuan Power Group Corp: Asia’s largest wind energy generator is planning a huge IPO in a few days that’s expected to raise $2.2 billion.

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• It’s offical, the Department of Energy has approved loans for Ford, Tesla, and Nissan.
• Ford received $5.9 billion, Nissan got $1.6 billion, and Tesla received $465 million.
• Ford will be using the money to bring “13 more fuel efficient models” to market, while Nissan has the ambitious goal of 100,000 EV’s produced by 2012.
• Tesla, as my readers know, will be using the majority of the loan to finance their new Model S production facility.  …I might just have to jump on that reserve list now.
• This is huge for the cleantech auto.  Stay tuned for more DOE and the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program (ATVMP) announcements as they’ve still got right around $17 billion to reward.

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• So, for a while now, my next (dream) car has been the Fisker Karma, but this new video that just dropped with Tesla Model S designer, Franz von Holzhausen, might just be the game changer for me.  Watch this….the potential makes my heart beat.

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