The Irvine carmaker, which received a U.S. loan, reportedly will make plug-in hybrids at a factory in Delaware, Vice President Joe Biden’s home state.

A source in the vice president’s office said Sunday that Biden would be making an announcement at the closed plant on Tuesday but would not provide further details. Also, The Associated Press reported that Fisker Automotive Inc. of Irvine intended to revamp a Delaware factory for use to produce one of its two electric plug-in hybrid vehicles. This is good news in more than one way: fresh jobs, more GM vehicles produced and sold in the States as well as tax payers feeling their money is put to good use.

CEO Henrik Fisker at a show in January

Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy said that it would lend Fisker $528 million to help it develop and manufacture its two hybrid vehicle models. The loan to Fisker is part of a $25-billion federal program intended to boost the economy and spur development of alternative vehicles. Fisker’s cars run on electricity and gasoline. In late July, GM closed its Boxwood Road plant near the city of Newport. It was the last auto plant in Delaware, and the closure seemingly marked the end of an industry in the small state that had brought prosperity to thousands of people for six decades.

The closed Delaware plant — which most recently produced the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice — opened in 1947. In the last year, Chrysler also suspended operations at another Delaware plant, eliminating more than 1,000 positions. Scary, isn’t it?

Fisker’s first-generation car, the luxury Karma, has a base price of $87,900. That version, which is being built in Finland by Valmet Automotive, was engineered to have an all-electric range of at least 50 miles before the need for gas.

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