Remember the children’s book, “If you give a mouse a cookie?” Tesla does and the U.S. Department of Energy is about to as the electric automaker is back for more after an initial loan good for $465 million was apparently not quite enough.
While the GOP is busy trying to shore up the leaky finances in Washington, an electric automaker with just a single model to its name (to date) is looking to quickly secure additional funding before the source is all dried up, according to confirmation from the San Francisco Chronicle.
The SF Gate reached out to Tesla via e-mail and was able to obtain and official reply from Tesla spokeswoman Khobi Brooklyn, whom confirmed, “Tesla has applied for a loan, in our continued mission to make more affordable electric vehicles.”
So while Tesla did confirm they are after more government money, they stopped short of specifying exactly how much or what the funds would be used for. Given known plans to produce several new models, it is likely that at least the majority of the funds would go towards producing those models.
Tesla is expected to add another 1,000 jobs (in addition to the 1,000 it already says it has created) in 2012.
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1.’Tesla: another loan…’ view
