Northern Indiana factory where AM General once made H2 Hummers were able to build plug-in hybrid cars, cargo sender of goods under the deal with startup companies announced Friday.
Bright automotive-based Anderson said the idea of work van production could begin in 2013 or 2014 in the am General's Mishawaka plant. Up to 300 workers in the end could be employed to build the van once production ramps, chief operating officer Mike Donoughe told the South Bend Tribune (http://bit.ly/tZg1oZ).
Bright automotive is seeking a loan from the United States Department of energy to finance production began, but last year received $ 5 million investment from venture capital arm of General Motors.
Donoughe said the company has been in the process of lending to