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The freedom to drive in the speedy lanes, particularly in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, helped bolster other advanced-technology cars like Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius.

Slow Sales Dogged Volt Before Fires Sharon Terlep 2011

Car makers say the price of gas in the U.S. is still too low—compared to personal incomes—to establish a mass market for advanced-technology vehicles such as plug-in electric cars.

Linking Mileage to Pump Price Josh Mitchell 2011

The Energy Department has granted advanced-technology loans to Chrysler rivals Ford Motor Co., which received $6 billion in federally backed loans, and Japanese auto maker Nissan Motor Corp., which used federally subsidized loans to tool up to produce its Leaf electric car.

Chrysler and U.S. Still in Loan Talks Joseph B. White 2012

Tesla Motors Inc. and Nissan Motor Co. will be among the first beneficiaries of a $25 billion loan program created by Congress to help auto makers retool their factories to produce advanced-technology vehicles.

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Chrysler is seeking government-backed loans to help the company retool factories to build advanced-technology, fuel-efficient vehicles.

Chrysler and U.S. Still in Loan Talks Joseph B. White 2012

Mr. Chu defended his agency's handling of advanced-technology loans.

Chrysler and U.S. Still in Loan Talks Joseph B. White 2012

Michigan lawmakers, including Democrats Rep. John Dingell and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, had pressed the Energy Department to issue the loan to Severstal to help U.S. auto makers develop advanced-technology vehicles.

Severstal to Get U.S. Loan for Steel Plant Josh Mitchell 2011

The loan, to be issued under a program designed to help auto makers develop and build advanced-technology vehicles, will be used to upgrade Severstal's plant in Dearborn, Mich., those people said.

Severstal to Get U.S. Loan for Steel Plant Josh Mitchell 2011

Fuel-efficient, advanced-technology vehicles are an exception.

Kicking Hybrid Cars Out of the Fast Lane Joseph B. White 2011

The rule is likely to lead auto makers to introduce more hybrids, electric cars and other types of advanced-technology vehicles into their lineups, representing a big bet that Americans are ready to pay more for the types of smaller and more-efficient cars more common in Europe and Asia where gasoline prices can be twice as high as those in the U.S.

Obama Unveils New Fuel-Economy Standards Josh Mitchell 2011