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Michigan Awards $543.5M in Tax Credits to Four Battery Makers, Who Announce Plans for $1.7B Investment in Li-ion Battery Plants in Michigan

Green Car Congress

The MEGA board approved a high-tech state tax credit valued at $25.2 The Center will be based at the Livonia production facility and work in collaboration with the University of Michigan and Michigan State University on joint research, system design and performance measurement projects. A123Systems Inc. Earlier post.).

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The Real Story of Pixar

Cars That Think

The story of Pixar doesn't start with its founding—a tech company's story rarely does. Pixar's story doesn't even start with the creation of Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Group, which developed the Pixar Image Computer, the company's first product. And we thought we had an exciting product in the Pixar Image Computer.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The new proposed rules also appear to contradict the board’s own recent attempts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions in the wake of a groundbreaking global warming law signed by the governor in 2006. “For California to be on the cutting edge of green-tech, they need to be more of an enabler than a restrictor,&# Guzyk said.

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