Seeking U.S. Loans for Plant, Fisker Scrambles to Restore Credibility.

DETROIT -- Fisker Automotive's huge assembly plant in Delaware stands vacant, waiting for the money, equipment and workers to make a new plug-in hybrid electric car backed by loans from the federal government. But whether Fisker, a start-up based in California, ever builds vehicles in the United States is anyone's guess. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]