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  • EV Charging Company Wins $1.1 Billion Federal Loan Guarantee as Helene Victims Suffer

    10/04/2024 1:01:29 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 11 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/04/2024 | Lucas Nolan
    Shares of electric vehicle charging company EVgo Inc. jumped by the most in over three years after securing a major financing deal from the U.S. government. Meanwhile, Helene victims are suffering in the face of paltry FEMA aid. Bloomberg reports that in a significant boost to its expansion plans, Los Angeles-based EVgo Inc. announced on Thursday that it has received a conditional loan guarantee of up to $1.05 billion from the US Department of Energy (DOE). The news sent the EV company’s stock soaring by 64 percent, marking its biggest single-day gain in more than three years. As one of...
  • Solar Firm That Received $1.2 Billion Federal Loan Plagued by Financial Problems (SunPower Corp.)

    10/12/2011 5:39:02 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    Fox News ^ | 10/12/2011 | Stephen Clark
    With the Solyndra scandal still swirling, the Obama administration is under pressure to reveal the financial condition of the solar companies that received $4.75 billion in similar federal loan guarantees on the last day of the program. Republican lawmakers on two House committees are seeking details about the loans given to First Solar, SunPower Corp. and ProLogis. Of those three companies, troubling financial revelations have emerged about SunPower, which received a $1.2 billion loan, more than twice the money approved for Solyndra, which filed for bankruptcy last month after receiving a $528 million loan. The Energy Department says on its...
  • Federal Loan to Electrify Sports Cars

    06/26/2009 12:25:41 PM PDT · by JoeProBono · 11 replies · 404+ views
    livescience ^ | 24 June 2009
    Upstart electric car maker Tesla Motors will get a $465 million loan under a $25 billion program set up during the Bush administration as an offset to higher fuel standards. The program is aimed at helping automakers retool to produce more fuel-efficient or electric vehicles. Congress was slow to actually fund the program, however, so this week's announcement involves the first loans. Tesla, which already makes an electric roadster, remains dwarfed by the competition. Ford will get $5.9 billion from the same program, and Nissan snagged $1.6 billion.