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U.S. Government Fuels $350M Tesla Loan

U.S. Department of Energy plans to loan electric car maker funds to help unveil a prototype of its Model S electric sedan in March that sports a $60,000 price tag.
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Ener1 Secures $30M Lifeline

The advanced battery maker gets an injection of cash as its key customer, the electric carmaker Think, halts production.

Better Place Goes Tropical

Hawaii says yes to electric cars.
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GM Picks LG Unit to Power Chevy Volt?

Compact Power—not General Electric-backed A123Systems— likely to provide lithium-ion batteries for the automaker’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle.
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Oracle of Omaha Likes Alternative Vehicles

A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary will buy 10 percent of Chinese electric and hybrid carmaker BYD.
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Chrysler Goes Electric

The U.S. automaker is developing three electric technology car models to be in production as early as 2010.