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OCTOBER 1, 2018

The US aluminum industry continues to make significant investments to meet growing demand for automotive aluminum. The industry supports nearly 700,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs across the nation and since 2013 has invested more than $2.6 —Mario Greco.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

The rail industry is on the cusp of a sustainable transformation with the introduction of batteries and hydrogen to power locomotive fleets. HYDROTEC fuel cell systems will be assembled from globally sourced parts by Fuel Cell Systems Manufacturing, LLC in Brownstown, Michigan, the manufacturing joint venture between General Motors and Honda.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Over the past decade, Michigan, the traditional home of the U.S. auto industry and a hub for manufacturing, has seemed perfectly fine ceding leadership in electric vehicle infrastructure to the West Coast.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2022

Bollinger Motors’ lineup of commercial electric trucks has a contract manufacturer: Roush Industries. The companies announced Monday that Roush will assemble Bollinger’s lineup of Class 3 through Class 6 electric trucks at a scalable facility in Livonia, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

In Michigan, Ann Arbor and Roseville public schools have selected the Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus powered by Proterra electric vehicle technology ( earlier post ) and the Proterra 60kW charging system for a five-year pilot program, in partnership with DTE Energy and Hoekstra Transportation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an initiative to develop a first-of-its-kind corridor for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) designed to improve transportation for communities in Southeast Michigan. The announcement took place in front of Michigan Central Station which Ford purchased in 2018.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Gagan Agrawal, Co-founder and CEO at Planet Electric said, “Planet Electric will be the first in the industry to put weight sensors or load cells in the cargo box, which means as the parcels come in and go out, we know exactly what the weight is and we know exactly what the range is.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Michigan State University introduced an electric autonomous bus that will serve students, staff and faculty beginning early 2022 as part of the campus’ smart mobility ecosystem. square miles of contiguous urban, suburban, industrial and rural zones.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 7, 2024

More local governments across Michigan see EV charging as a relevant issue, but the number is still fairly low, according to a new University of Michigan survey, and those interested in EV charging see cost as a barrier.

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Charging Michigan Auto Industry Universal 135

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ford has said it will restart construction on the electric vehicle battery facility it’s building in Marshall, Michigan, after pausing work when the UAW strike kicked off a couple months ago. As stated previously, we have been evaluating BlueOval Battery Park Michigan in Marshall. Image: Ford Motor Co.] Become a& TTAC insider.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Percentage of Global R&D Spending by Industry, 2013. A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) concludes that the automotive industry is not only “high-tech,” it is frequently a leader in technological developments and applications. Click to enlarge. —Center for Automotive Research.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The automaker recently announced a new Innovation Center in Michigan, where it will house design, engineering, and research efforts for its upcoming EV lineup. Scout looked to Michigan for its newest facility because of the incentives the state offers under its business development programs.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

The company plans to use the funds to expand its battery pack assembly facilities in Springboro, Ohio and Lake Orion, Michigan. Low-voltage market segments include low-speed EVs and industrial equipment, as well as auxiliary batteries for EVs. ABS has customers and offtake agreements in both market segments.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

The company plans to use the funds to expand its battery pack assembly facilities in Springboro, Ohio and Lake Orion, Michigan. Low-voltage market segments include low-speed EVs and industrial equipment, as well as auxiliary batteries for EVs. ABS has customers and offtake agreements in both market segments.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

UAW President Shawn Fain said the Union would expand the strike in intervals to put more pressure on the auto giants, with plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri being the first to stop work. This is the first time in the UAW’s 88 years that it has taken on all three automakers at once, but Union officials have a unique plan to drive action.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2017

FCSM will operate within GM’s existing battery pack manufacturing facility site in Brownstown, Michigan, south of Detroit. The co-developed new generation stack builds on the compact size and high-performance of Honda’s current generation stack in the Clarity ( earlier post ) by achieving significant cost reductions.

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MAY 6, 2014

The University of Michigan’s Mobility Transformation Center (MTC) announced that key industry leaders from a variety of sectors, including Bosch, Econolite, Ford, General Motors, Toyota and Xerox have joined the center as its initial industry partners. Earlier post.).

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Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2023

million for breaching a 2004 licensing assurance and misappropriating industry secrets and techniques. He additionally mentioned jurors had refuse foundation to decide how lengthy Ford would have had to form 3 industry secrets and techniques it allegedly stole, and that this additionally required voiding the damages award.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Ford and the University of Michigan opened a new $8-million battery lab, housed at the U-M Energy Institute, which will serve as a battery manufacturing facility designed to support pilot projects. Other investors include the University of Michigan, Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the US Department of Energy.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 29, 2022

While on the West Coast the chicken-or-the-egg dilemma was on the side of the chargers—with projects like the West Coast Electric Highway that warmed the public up to the idea more than a decade ago—the Great Lake State and traditional heart of the auto industry has waited until the.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The growth will aid the corporate’s fast-growing lithium-ion battery industry for electrical automobiles , important to a doubling of producing capability with the addition of a 2d manufacturing form, the memo mentioned. ” Samsung SDI moved into its Auburn Hills location in 2019, making an investment $62.7

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2021

The State of Michigan is teaming up with Ford, Bedrock and Bosch to launch the nation’s first-of-its-kind, real-world test site for emerging parking technology, called the Detroit Smart Parking Lab. Information on innovation grants available to support projects utilizing DSPL can be found by visiting the Michigan Mobility Funding Platform.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

million, with an industry match of $3.6 With this funding, industry and DOE national laboratories will partner to advance lab-developed clean transportation technologies towards commercialization in technology areas, including vehicle electrification, batteries, materials, decarbonized off-road vehicles, and energy efficient mobility systems.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Frontt Capital Management Ltd, a Shenzhen-based investment firm focused on developing the intelligent vehicle industry in China, is making a $27-million investment to advance autonomous, connected vehicles and robotic technologies with the University of Michigan, along with industry and government partners.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The University of Michigan is entering two separate agreements with Chinese institutions targeting automated and connected vehicles. million research agreement with the Chongqing Sokon Industry Group establishes the University of Michigan-Sokon Research Center in the U-M Department of Mechanical Engineering. Second, a $2.5-million

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Michigan Connect Connected China 150

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OCTOBER 19, 2013

The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved plans to proceed with the design of a unique environment for testing connected and automated vehicles. Launched last spring, the MTC builds on U-M’s broad base of expertise and experience working with government and industry on transportation research over the years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will collaborate with the University of Michigan (UM) to use additive manufacturing and machine learning to create an advanced burner that will eliminate 99.5% of the methane in gas flares used by the oil and gas industry. of the methane in gas flares used by the oil and gas industry.

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Emissions Escape Oil Michigan 434

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

Norway-based aluminum company Sapa is opening an automotive-focused R&D laboratory—Sapa Technology Americas—in Michigan, dedicated to the research and development of extruded aluminum solutions for the automotive industry. Sapa Technology is Sapa’s corporate research and development hub.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The Ultium Cells Spring Hill site joins other Ultium Cells battery cell manufacturing sites being constructed in Ohio and Michigan. Ultium Cells’ Lansing Delta Township facility in Michigan is under construction and will start production in late 2024. In 2010, the company built its first US battery plant in Holland, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Meanwhile, the states with the lowest levels of EV adoption—Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, West Virginia and North Dakota—have gone in the opposite direction, with adoption rates declining on average in the first half of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

General Motors will invest more than $81 million into the company’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, to prepare the campus to build the Cadillac CELESTIQ ( earlier post ). 3D Printer at GM Additive Industrialization Center. 3D Printer at GM Additive Industrialization Center. Cadillac CELESTIQ show car.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2016

While the industrial sector in the US has made solid advances in reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the past 25 years, the transportation sector has increased its carbon footprint, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI).

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Baua Electric

JULY 7, 2023

Gene will work hand-in-glove with Acting (Labor) Secretary Julie Su on all labor-related issues,” a White Space legit stated in a observation to Crain’s Detroit Industry. He visited Detroit terminating life for the reopening of a renovated Roosevelt Ground in entrance of Ford’s Michigan Central Station redevelopment.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2023

The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. CCAT is part of an expansive University of Michigan portfolio of research tied to the future of mobility.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2014

General Motors is increasing its renewable energy use with 3 acres of new solar arrays at two Michigan facilities. It named GM a “Solar Champion” for the company’s significant impact on establishing a strong solar industry. That is equivalent to the annual energy use of 25 homes. GM’s other U.S. solar installations include: A 1.8

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APRIL 10, 2009

A new wind turbine assembly plant opening later this year in Novi, Michigan will create about 250 manufacturing jobs which are being sought by displaced autoworkers.The company received $7.3 million in tax credits from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority in December to create 256 direct jobs over six years. The Detroit News.

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