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Meet the Boomers Trying to Scupper 2,500 Jobs in Rural Michigan

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“We don’t need jobs,” said Fred Chapman, a 62-year-old toolmaker, when interviewed by Reuters about a new battery factory Ford wants to build near Marshall, Michigan. “I billion BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, announced earlier this year as a part of Ford’s push in its EV ambitions. At issue is the $3.5

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New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

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The new $148-million lightweight metals manufacturing institute announced in February by President Obama ( earlier post ) will locate in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, officials from the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) and the city announced today.

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Ford C-MAX Hybrid EPA-rated at 47 mpg city, 47 mpg highway; plug-in Energi version offers 85 mph top electric speed

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100km), bettering the fuel economy of the Toyota Prius v by 3 mpg on the city cycle and 7 mpg on the highway (5 mpg combined). The EV: Later setting saves plug-in power for later use, such as transitioning from highway to lower-speed residential neighborhood use. Built at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.,

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Electrifying Chicago’s Urban Residential Neighborhoods: 3 New Community Chargers

EV Match

We at EVmatch envision a distributed, equitable, and carbon-free energy economy that is not only available for those with money and resources, but for everyone. John’s Episcopal Church in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood. 3 New Community Electric Vehicle Chargers in Chicago. Clean Energy in Irving Park.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition’s Long Island Regional Energy Collaborative Promoting a Green Economy through Clean Alternatives. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative. The project will increase the use of natural gas, electric and hybrid electric vehicles in 13 sites throughout Michigan.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

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Dr. Patil has an undergraduate degree from IIT, Bombay (India) and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. it would bring down the neighborhood. (GM plans to handle module and pack assembly itself, earlier post.) As the technology gets fixed, the anode is more of an issue related to fast charge.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

But they’re not a slam dunk in today’s economy. To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan.

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