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Fed loans give efficient vehicles a big push

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Jun. 23, 2009
Tesla Motors, the Bay Area's luxury electric carmaker, won $465 million in federal loans Tuesday to build two plants in California, as the Obama administration started doling out funds for fuel-efficient vehicles. Tesla joined Ford Motor Co. and Nissan North...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch