Department of Energy Looking At Suppliers For Revamped Fuel-Efficiency Loan Program
Established in the waning days of the Bush Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Program lent a total of $8.3 billion (out of the budgeted $25 billion) to Nissan, Tesla, Ford and Fisker, yet has not been able to make new loans for a number of reasons since 2011.
That status, however, is about to change.
Autoblog Green reports DOE secretary Earnest Moniz announced the program will be retooled with a focus upon suppliers. Improvements to the program will include clarifying eligibility requirements for potential applicants, better responsiveness toward applicants, and a revised application process.
As for said applicants, the program wants to bring in companies who help make fuel-efficient vehicles possible, including suppliers of “advanced engines and powertrains, light-weighting materials, advanced electronics, and fuel-efficient tires.”
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Did Alvar Aalto draw the DoE's building (which I assume that is in the pic) too? See this typical piece of his from Helsinki: https://www.google.com/imghp?q=helsinki+talo+enso
Truth is ... the DOE along with the entire US Government needs to get its nose the h*ll out of the Auto Industry and in fact all Industries completely . Fact is each and every place the DOE and the Feds in general [ general .. hint hint .. I'll say no more ] stuck their noses in .. subsidized .. given low interest guaranteed loans etc has come back to bite us ( Tax Payers ) on the @$& .. each and every time . From TESLA [ who despite the rhetoric still owes the Feds a godawful bundle ] to Fisker .. to Detroit Electric .. to SpaceX etc ... and right on down to the SSDD SNAFU that is GM [ sorry ] and FCA ... we've [ tax payers ] taken it on the chin while the owners/investors of those businesses .. Green or otherwise ... have taken us .... for a bundle . Enough already !
Is that a, early 80's Sentra Wagon in that pic? My brother had a really mint 5-speed Sentra Wagon in the late 90's, until he smashed it. It was actually a nice care, and I loved that you could open the rear vent windows from the drivers seat. Actually, I love that it just had rear vent windows. Those were great.