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As Tesla Motors seeks to fuel growth with the cash from its successful stock offering, it’s moving into unexplored territory. The Silicon Valley electric car maker remains largely unknown to U.S. consumers.

Tags: As Tesla Motors, Car Maker, Consumers, Electric Car, electric-car maker, Silicon Valley, Stock, Tesla Motors, Unexplored Territory, United States, Valley Electric

Electric vehicle startup Fisker Automotive Inc., which is producing its first car in Finland, is consolidating its research and design operations by transferring about 30 people from Michigan to its California facility.

Tags: California, California Facility, Car Maker, Car Research, Design Operations, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, electric-car maker, Finland, First Car, Fisker Automotive Inc., Michigan, People, vehicle startup

Volkswagen AG, Europe’s biggest car maker, aims to more than double its sales in the United States within the next three to four years, the head of the company’s U.S. business said on Sunday.

Tags: 3 Years, Car Maker, Europe, Europe Car, Exec, S Sales, United States, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Ag

Norwegian electric car maker Think, ending weeks of speculation about its U.S. expansion, said today it would build a green car assembly plant near Elkhart, Ind.

Tags: 5 Million, Car Assembly Plant, Car Maker, Electric Car, electric-car maker, Elkhart, Green Car, green car assembly plant, Indiana, Norwegian, Speculation, Think, U.S. plant, United States, USD

Norwegian automaker Think, with production under way in Finland for its electric Think City, is firming up its proposals for a plant in the U.S. A public hearing is set for Jan.

Tags: Car Maker, Car Sites, Finland, Green Car, Norwegian, Proposals, Public Hearing, Think City

Sweden said a last-ditch bid by Spyker Cars for Saab offered a thread of hope the General Motors Co. brand would survive, as talks between the Dutch sports car maker and GM extended into the evening.

Tags: Bid, Car Maker, Dutch Sports, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Last Ditch, Saab, Sports Car, sports car maker, Spyker, Spyker Cars, Sweden, Thread Of Hope

Saab will be closed down, its parent General Motors Co. announced today after concluding that a sale of the Swedish brand to Dutch niche car maker Spyker Cars NV could not be completed quickly enough.

Tags: Car Maker, Cars, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Niche, niche car maker, Saab, Spyker, Spyker Cars N.V.

General Motors Co. is negotiating the sale of Saab with just one remaining bidder, Dutch sports car maker Spyker Cars NV, GM Chairman Ed Whitacre said.

Tags: Boss, Car Maker, Dutch Sports, Ed Whitacre, General Motors, General Motors Co., Gm, Gm Motors, Saab, Sole, Sports Car, sports car maker, Sports Cars, Spyker, Spyker Cars N.V.

Spyker Cars NV is still in talks to buy Saab, the Dutch sports car maker’s CEO said on Sunday after a report China’s Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. had agreed with General Motors Co. to buy some of the Swedish company’s assets.

Tags: Assets, Automotive Industry, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Car Maker, Cars, Ceo, China, China Beijing, Dutch Sports, General Motors, General Motors Co., Holding Co, Saab, Sports Car, sports car maker, Spyker, Spyker Cars N.V., Swedish Company

Spyker Cars NV is still in talks to buy Saab, the Dutch sports car maker’s CEO said on Sunday after a report China’s Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. had agreed with General Motors Co. to buy some of the Swedish company’s assets.

Tags: Assets, Automotive Industry, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Car Maker, Ceo, China, China Beijing, Dutch Sports, General Motors, General Motors Co., Holding Co, Saab, Sale Cars, Sports Car, sports car maker, Spyker, Spyker Cars, Spyker Cars N.V., Swedish Company

Dutch sports car maker Spyker Cars N.V. remains interested in buying Swedish automaker Saab from parent General Motors Co. and is not aware of any deadlines imposed on the process, a spokesman for Spyker said. Spyker first said on Dec.

Tags: Car Maker, Dutch Sports, General Motors, General Motors Co., Saab, Spokesman, Sports Car, sports car maker, Sports Cars, Spyker, Spyker Cars N.V., Swedish Automaker

Following the failed bid for crippled automaker Saab by Swedish supercar maker Koenigsegg, Dutch exotic-car maker Spyker Cars is making its own attempt.

Tags: Automaker, Car Maker, crippled automaker, Exotic Car, Exotic Cars, exotic-car maker, Koenigsegg, Saab, Spyker, Spyker Cars, supercar maker, Swedish Supercar

A second small luxury car maker, Spyker of the Netherlands, is talking to General Motors Co. about buying Saab Automobile, weeks after the first, Sweden’s Koenigsegg, abandoned its bid.

Tags: Baic, Car Maker, General Motors, General Motors Co., Key Facts, Koenigsegg, Luxury Car, luxury car maker, Netherlands, Saab, Saab Automobile, Spyker, Sweden, The Netherlands

Chinese car maker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp. said on Wednesday it was reassessing the situation after a consortium it belonged to dropped a bid to buy General Motors’ Saab unit.

Tags: Automotive Industry, Beijing, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp., Car Maker, Chase, Chinese Automakers, Consortium, General Motors, Profile Maker, Saab

The future of Saab looks bleak after luxury car maker Koenigsegg, backed by China’s BAIC, pulled out of a deal to buy the loss-making firm from General Motors Co. Saab never made money for its U.S.

Tags: Baic, Car Maker, China, General Motors, General Motors Co., Koenigsegg, Luxury Car, luxury car maker, Money, Saab, Scenarios, United States

Silicon Valley electric sports car maker Tesla Motors is planning to go public soon, two people familiar with the situation said, outlining plans to sell stock and cash in on investor appetite for green technology and interest in battery-powered…

Tags: Appetite, Car Maker, Carmaker, Electric Car, Electric Sports Car, electric sports car maker, Green Technology, Investor, Ipo, Silicon Valley, Stock, Tesla Motors

Norwegian electric car maker Think Global is preparing to launch its vehicles in the United States and has picked a site in Indiana for its U.S. manufacturing facility, a major investor in the company said on Tuesday.

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Norwegian electric car maker Think Global is preparing to launch its vehicles in the United States and has picked a site in Indiana for its U.S. manufacturing facility, a major investor in the company said on Tuesday.

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Norwegian electric car maker Think Global is preparing to launch its vehicles in the United States and has picked a site in Indiana for its U.S. manufacturing facility, a major investor in the company said on Tuesday.

Tags: Car Maker, Electric Car, electric-car maker, EV, Indiana, Investor, Norway, Norwegian, Think, Think Global, U.S. manufacturing facility, United States

Mike Donoughe, a former Chrysler executive who quit the automaker last year to join Tesla Motors as vehicle engineering and manufacturing chief, has left the green-car maker, the company said today. On Oct.

Tags: Car Maker, Chrysler, Chrysler Executive, Consulting Firm, Green Car, Manufacturing Consulting, Tesla Motors, Vehicle Engineering

A top executive is trading in his Ferrari red for the green of Lotus. Dany Bahar will take over as the CEO of the British sports-car maker on Oct. 1.

Tags: British Sports Car, Car Maker, Ceo, Dany Bahar, Exec, Ferrari, Ferrari Red, Lotus, sports car maker, Top Executive

Ener1 Inc. will lead a group of investors that plans to inject $47 million into Think Global, raising Ener1′s stake in the Norwegian electric-vehicle producer to 31 percent.

Tags: Car Maker, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, Ener1 Inc, Investors, Lead, Norwegian, Stake

Ener1 Inc. is buying 31 percent of Think Global, thereby locking in the Norwegian electric-vehicle maker as a long-term customer for lithium ion batteries from its EnerDel unit.

Tags: Car Maker, Electric Car, Electric Vehicle, electric-car maker, electric-vehicle maker, Ener1 Inc, EnerDel, Lithium, Lithium Ion Batteries, Norwegian, Signs, Term Customer, Think, Think Global

Sweden’s Koenigsegg and U.S.-based General Motors said on Tuesday they had inked a deal for the niche sports car maker to buy loss-making Saab Automobile. Here are some key events in the history of GM’s Saab Automobile unit.

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North American investor Mark Bishop has sold his 22 percent stake in Koenigsegg, the luxury car maker which plans to buy General Motors Co.’s Saab unit, Swedish business daily Dagens Industri reported on Tuesday.

Tags: American Investor, Business Daily, Car Maker, Dagens Industri, General Motors, Koenigsegg, Luxury Car, Mark Bishop, Percent Stake, Saab