Fisker Automotive Gets 528 M Loan For Plug-in Cars

Department of Energy secretary Chu praised the loan to Fisker, saying "this investment will create thousands of new American jobs and is another critical step in making sure we are positioned to compete for the clean energy jobs of the future." He also said that "plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could revolutionize personal transportation and cut our dependence on foreign oil, not to mention give us cleaner air and less carbon pollution."

The new and highly efficient electric cars from Fisker should roll off the assembly lines in the U.S. starting 2012. They will be electric cars. The engines will be powered by a lithium-ion battery or, when that is depleted, a generator that is driven by an efficient gasoline engine.

However, the range of the electric part is as much as people drive in one day. When drivers come home, they can charge their battery overnight at home. DE says Fisker plug-in hybrids' cruising range will be nearly 300 miles. This is a decent range, which is expected to result a good amount of cars sold in the U.S. market helping the Administration to meet its goal of putting 1 million plug-in hybrid cars in U.S. market by 2015.

This car development loan that DE is giving to Fisker Automotive is consisting of two stages. During the first stage Fisker will get 169.3 million for engineering the cost of the completion of the first car. It will be named Fisker Karma.

During the second Stage Fisker will get 359.36 million loan for Fisker's Project Nina. It will involve making 75,000 to 100,000 highly efficient plug-in hybrid cars. We should start seeing them in our roads in late 2012.

Written by Armen Hareyan
HULIQ publisher.