Comments on: Tesla Wins $465M in DOE Loans; Nissan Gets $1.6B for Electric Cars

By: What’s Faster than Tesla? Wrightspeed’s Hybrid Car & Truck Dreams

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:01:24 +0000

[...] noting how much money it took Tesla to become a car producer (including a $226 million IPO, a $465 million DOE loan, and $200 million in six rounds of equity [...]

By: The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing « Blog of Intellectual Capital

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:28:00 +0000

[...] “Electric car maker Tesla Motors officially delivered the biggest venture backed IPO of the quarter, raising $226 million, according to numbers out this week from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. What made the public debut different from some of the other venture-backed IPOs that happened this quarter? Well, among a variety of things, last summer Tesla managed to score a coveted $465 million in loans from the Department of Energy. [...]

By: sny - The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing

sny - The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:00:33 +0000

[...] Electric car maker Tesla Motors officially delivered the biggest venture backed IPO of the quarter, raising $226 million, according to numbers out this week from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. What made the public debut different from some of the other venture-backed IPOs that happened this quarter? Well, among a variety of things, last summer Tesla managed to score a coveted $465 million in loans from the Department of Energy. [...]

By: The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing

The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:41:31 +0000

[...] The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing By Katie Fehrenbacher Jul. 2, 2010, 1:41pm PDT No Comments Electric car maker Tesla Motors officially delivered the biggest venture backed IPO of the quarter, raising $226 million, according to numbers out this week from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. What made the public debut different from some of the other venture-backed IPOs that happened this quarter? Well, among a variety of things, last summer Tesla managed to score a coveted $465 million in loans from the Department of Energy. [...]

By: The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing

The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:14:12 +0000

[...] The Key to Greentech IPOs: Government Backing By Katie Fehrenbacher Jul. 2, 2010, 12:00pm PDT No Comments Electric car maker Tesla Motors officially delivered the biggest venture backed IPO of the quarter, raising $226 million, according to numbers out this week from the National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters. What made the public debut different from some of the other venture-backed IPOs that happened this quarter? Well, among a variety of things, last summer Tesla managed to score a coveted $465 million in loans from the Department of Energy. [...]

By: Will Tesla Follow A123′s Stock Trajectory?

Will Tesla Follow A123′s Stock Trajectory? — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:57:40 +0000

[...] A123 secured a whopping $249 million grant from the Department of Energy last summer, and Tesla scored a long awaited conditional commitment for $465 million in direct loans from the DOE in June [...]

By: How Tesla Will Try to Keep Its Stock Up

How Tesla Will Try to Keep Its Stock Up — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:19:15 +0000

[...] BFFs With Uncle Sam: Tesla scored a coveted $465 million in loans from the Department of Energy, and those funds can only be accessed over a period of three years as certain milestones are met. [...]

By: PR Watch: How Tesla Will Try to Keep Its Stock Up

PR Watch: How Tesla Will Try to Keep Its Stock Up — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:12:45 +0000

By: TIMELINE: Tesla’s Long Road to a Home for the Model S

TIMELINE: Tesla’s Long Road to a Home for the Model S — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:04:29 +0000

[...] 2009: Tesla wins conditional commitment for $465 million in direct loans from the Department of Energy under the ATVM program, including $365 million to finance a [...]

By: Q&A: DOE Loan Chief on Lessons for Greentech Startups, VCs

Q&A: DOE Loan Chief on Lessons for Greentech Startups, VCs — Tue, 25 May 2010 07:01:26 +0000

[...] conditional commitments, Silver told us in an interview this week. Already, companies including Tesla Motors, Fisker Automotive, Solyndra, BrightSource Energy and others have collectively garnered billions [...]

By: Tesla IPO: What the Toyota-NUMMI Deal Could Mean for Tesla’s Public Offering

Fri, 21 May 2010 21:01:19 +0000

[...] addition to the Toyota investment, Tesla — which scored a conditional commitment for $465 million in loans from the Department of Energy last summer — also announced yesterday that it plans to buy, [...]

By: Ford, Nissan to Invest Over $3B in UK Green Car Projects

Ford, Nissan to Invest Over $3B in UK Green Car Projects — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:13:24 +0000

[...] automakers have also won major government backing for similar projects stateside. In June the Department of Energy announced a $1.6 billion loan award to help Nissan North America retool its Smyrna, Tenn. factory to build [...]

By: What You Need to Know About the ARPA-E Program

What You Need to Know About the ARPA-E Program — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:52:06 +0000

[...] that the Department of Energy’s loans, loan guarantees and grants to greentech startups like Tesla, Solyndra, and BrightSource, are too risky, then you’re not going to be too keen on the [...]

By: Clifford

Clifford — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:15:03 +0000

Although these cars for sale will have many possitives towards the average car buyer such as low emissions and no fuel the key question is are they a real benefit to the environment and are they worth the many they are being sold at? The answer is NO, they damage the environment too and when these cars for sale break you cannot simply take it to a normal garage, you will have to take it to a specialists garage with specialist prices.

By: $465 Million Loan to Tesla Motors from US Department of Energy

$465 Million Loan to Tesla Motors from US Department of Energy — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:36:46 +0000

[...] Tesla Wins $465M in DOE Loans; Nissan Gets $1.6B for Electric Cars [...]

By: After DOE Nod, a Long Road Ahead for Green Car Startups

After DOE Nod, a Long Road Ahead for Green Car Startups — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:20:59 +0000

[...] — as it has to five companies in the last several months, including plug-in vehicle startups Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive — it represents just one of many milestones for these companies as they [...]