http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/03/14/unwrap-a-smile/ Discussing the people, ideas, and companies that redefine capitalism and inspire positive change Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/03/14/unwrap-a-smile/comment-page-1/#comment-10556 More Money for the Auto Industry | DodaPedia Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:04:31 +0000 http://inspiredeconomist.com/?p=1306#comment-10556 [...] More Money for the Auto Industry June 25th, 2009 Goto comments Leave a comment Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Three more car companies received sizeable loans from the federal government yesterday, but don’t worry; it’s not another bailout. In fact, the$8 billion is just the start of a larger $25 billion project called the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVM for short) that was thought up back in 2007 and funded by Congress in late 2008 during the Bush administration. The project, overseen by the Department of Energy, is a federal grant and loan initiative bent on providing low interest capital to automobile manufacturers — as well as the makers of their component parts — to promote the development of new automobile technologies that guzzle less gas — and in some cases, no gas at all. [...] [...] More Money for the Auto Industry June 25th, 2009 Goto comments Leave a comment Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Three more car companies received sizeable loans from the federal government yesterday, but don’t worry; it’s not another bailout. In fact, the$8 billion is just the start of a larger $25 billion project called the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program (ATVM for short) that was thought up back in 2007 and funded by Congress in late 2008 during the Bush administration. The project, overseen by the Department of Energy, is a federal grant and loan initiative bent on providing low interest capital to automobile manufacturers — as well as the makers of their component parts — to promote the development of new automobile technologies that guzzle less gas — and in some cases, no gas at all. [...]

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