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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

Creative Greenius

One of the houses Power House Productions is transforming in Detroit – and none too soon. I went to Detroit last month and found myself in neighborhoods that looked like they had been attacked by enemy forces, had lost their battle and had now surrendered and in most part been abandoned. photo by Galliani (c).

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GM restructuring; changing product development, production; 5 NA & 2 international plants shutting next year; staff reduction

Green Car Congress

Resources allocated to electric and autonomous vehicle programs will double in the next two years. In the past four years, GM has refocused capital and resources to support the growth of its crossovers, SUVs and trucks, adding shifts and investing $6.6 Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Detroit. billion to $3.8

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Bill Ford: Michigan must become the Silicon Valley of the mobility revolution; emphasis on green and smart technologies

Green Car Congress

Ford noted that while great strides have been made with green technology, the world faces the pressures of a growing global population and the new challenge of global gridlock—the potential that the world will face a never-ending traffic jam that wastes time, energy and resources. Earlier post.). —Bill Ford. New innovation initiatives.

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Stellantis, LG Power enforcing ‘contingency plans’ for EV battery plant in Canada

Baua Electric

Stellantis is threatening to tug the plug at the battery plant until it’s trade in with the federal government is sweetened to the extent Volkswagen gained this date, The Toronto Megastar newspaper reported previous on Friday, bringing up unnamed resources. The government has dedicated to lend as much as C$13.2 Thomas, Ontario.

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Stellantis stops building of Ontario EV battery module plant over federal budget

Baua Electric

Stellantis is now threatening to tug the plug at the module portion of the plant except the trade in with the federal government is sweetened to the extent Volkswagen won this future, The Toronto Superstar newspaper reported Would possibly 12, bringing up unnamed resources. Thomas, Ont., The government has dedicated to lend as much as $13.2

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Fat Cars: Report Reveals What We Already Know About Vehicle Weight

The Truth About Cars

No one wants to have a fire, and no one wants a vehicle that isn't crashworthy," Detroit teardown and cost guru Sandy Munro told Automotive News. Ned Curic, Stellantis' chief technology officer, told Automotive News Europe that the situation "is not good for the environment, it's not good for resources, it's not good for efficiency." "It

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GM Back in the EV Spotlight

Green Car Congress

It could be said that although GM was a pioneer in the EV industry, the Detroit-based automaker fell asleep at the wheel, waking 20 years later to discover Tesla and others were not only testing the EV market, but surpassing them in many ways. Brent Wilson is CEO of Galvanic Energy , a geoscience-driven resource exploration company.

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