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- Launched in January 2008Official Site: Bright Automotive About Us
- Bright Automotive is an American company made up of automobile entrepreneursOfficial Site: Bright Automotive About Us
- Members of the company have strong backgrounds in hybrid-electric vehicles and battery pack engineeringOfficial Site: Bright Automotive About Us
- Will debut their concept vehicle at the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Stavanger, Norway in May 2009Official Site: Bright Automotive About Us
- Concept car will have a 30-mile all-electric rangeEarth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009)
- Range extends to a 400-mile range with a small gas engineEarth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009)
- Bright Automotive is working to improve high-volume production plug-in hybrid electric vehiclesEarth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009)
- They are also working towards developing full-electric vehiclesEarth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009)
- Bright Automotive CEO John Waters headed up design for General Motors's Saturn EV-1Earth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009)
- Bright Automotive is currently requesting $400 million in loans from the U.S. Department of EnergyEarth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009)
- Bright Automotive is requesting the loan through the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing programEarth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009)
- Tesla Motors Inc., manufacturer of the Tesla Roadster and Tesla Model S recentlyEarth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009) requested a similar amount in loans from the same programEarth2Tech: [http://earth2tech.com/2009/03/11/bright-automotive-to-hawk-the-anti-chevy-volt-but-wheres-the-money/ Bright Automotive to Haw
- Bright Automotive hopes to bring production up to 50,000 vehicles per year by the end of 2013Earth2Tech: Bright Automotive to Hawk... (March 11, 2009)
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Bright Automotive is an Indiana-based hybrid-electric car company launched by Colorado's Rocky Mountain Institute in early 2008. Bright Automotive is set to debut their first hybrid-electric vehicle at the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Norway in May 2009.Official Site: Bright Automotive About Us
Bright Automotive Executives
- Mr. John E. Waters; Chief Executive Officer and President
- Mr. Jerry D. Bernier; Chief Financial Officer
- Mr. James L. McCollough; Vice President of Operations & Supply Chain
- Mr. Lyle W. Shuey; Vice President of Marketing & Sales
- Mr. David K. Lauzun; Vice President of Product DevelopmentBusiness Week: Bright Automotive Company Information
