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Tesla Cybertruck makes its most recent appearance in Michigan

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The Tesla Cybertruck made its most recent public appearance this past weekend at the Michigan Formula SAE competition at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. The 2022 Formula SAE competition at Michigan took place from the 18 to the 21 of May.

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Tesla Cybertruck Shows Up In Michigan At Formula SAE Booth

InsideEVs

The event at Michigan International Speedway was an engineering competition where Tesla could recruit new employees.

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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Chooses Michigan for 2010 Competition Events, Provides Competition Timeline

Green Car Congress

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE (PIAXP) chose the state of Michigan to host the multi-stage competition that will result in the award of a $10 million prize purse in September. The series of scored performance and evaluation events kicks off 26 April 2010 and continues through the end of August 2010. Click to enlarge.

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GM expands EV first responder training efforts in US and Canada

Green Car Congress

The fire service has had more than 100 years to gain the knowledge needed to respond to internal combustion engine fires, and it is critical that they are now educated on EV safety. —Andrew Klock, senior manager of education and development at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

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GM and SAE International select 8 NA universities for new autonomous vehicle competition; Bolt EV the platform

Green Car Congress

At WCX 17: SAE World Congress Experience, SAE International and General Motors announced the eight North American universities which will compete in the upcoming AutoDrive Challenge. Michigan State University. Michigan Tech. The participating universities are: Kettering University. North Carolina A&T University. Virginia Tech.

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2020 Detroit Auto Show cancels amid COVID-19 pandemic; expected conversion of TCF Center to field hospital

Green Car Congress

The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) will cancel its June 2020 show in Detroit in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping across the world and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s expected plans to repurpose TCF Center into a temporary field hospital. NAIAS will hold its next annual show in June 2021.

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MAHLE Powertrain wins IMECHE’S Dugald Clerk Prize for innovative pre-chamber ignition technology; Active MJI

Green Car Congress

An author partnership from MAHLE Powertrain in the US has been recognized for its work on pre-chamber ignition, presented at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers’ Internal Combustion Engines and Powertrain Systems conference in December 2019. —Mike Bunce. Peters, S.K. Pothuraju Subramanyam, H.R.

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