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JANUARY 21, 2022

billion to develop two facilities in Michigan responsible for electric vehicle and EV battery production, a new report from Detroit News says. The two new plants will produce 4,000 new jobs in Michigan. On Tuesday, GM is expected to announce the massive investment at an event in Lansing, Michigan. GM also recently received $1.3

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JANUARY 30, 2017

General Motors and Honda are establishing the auto industry’s first manufacturing joint venture—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC, FCSM)—to mass-produce an advanced hydrogen fuel cell system that will be used in future products from each company. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) and president of Honda North America, Inc.

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MARCH 12, 2021

GM’s lithium metal battery with a protected anode will feature a combination of affordability, high performance and energy density. The initial prototype batteries have already completed 150,000 simulated test miles at research and development labs at GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, demonstrating real-world potential.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Multiple development projects involving the MPG are already in process, including a demonstration of the technology as a mobile charging station for EVs, funded in part by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center. Retail EV Charging Stations.

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

The Ultium Platform will: Enable GM to make nearly every type of vehicle across its different brands and up and down the portfolio by building everything from affordable, high-volume crossovers and passenger cars to full-size pickups and SUVs, performance, and commercial vehicles. million to benefit the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.

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MARCH 7, 2017

General Motors and Honda announced the executive structure for their recently established joint venture company, Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, LLC (FCSM). Haq and Kosaka will be responsible for operations, overseeing the start-up of the JV and ongoing manufacturing operations. Kosaka was president & CEO of Honda of America Mfg.,

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JANUARY 28, 2024

General Motors (GM) and Honda announced that their 50-50 joint venture on a hydrogen fuel cell facility in Michigan is ready to start commercial production. In 2017, The two legacy automakers established the Fuel Cell System Manufacturing LLC (FCSM), the first large-scale fuel cell system manufacturing facility.

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JUNE 14, 2023

Joseph County, creating 1,700 manufacturing jobs. The new facility will house production lines to build nickel-rich prismatic and cylindrical cells and is expected to help increase the accessibility and affordability of EVs. Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced plans to bring a more than $3 billion EV battery cell plant to St.

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JUNE 3, 2023

sourced and manufactured rare earth materials, alloy and finished magnets. MP Materials is establishing the first North American processing site for alloy flakes, and will expand into magnet manufacturing at their new production facility in Ft. Cell Manufacturing and R&D Dec. EV Components Sept.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). in Engineering/ Public Policy from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

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MAY 2, 2019

However, for those who face continued barriers to safe, reliable, independent and affordable transportation, development of this technology has the potential to be a lifechanger. Much of the public discussion around automated vehicle technologies has focused on safety, comfort, and convenience.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Xcel said that it will need the support of policymakers, manufacturers and other stakeholders to make its vision real.

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JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is the ninth manufacturing hub awarded by the Obama Administration.

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MARCH 5, 2020

At an event in the GM Tech Center campus in Warren, Michigan, General Motors unveiled the core of its new strategy to grow the company’s EV sales quickly, efficiently and profitably. Ongoing technological and manufacturing breakthroughs will drive costs even lower, the company said.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

An electric traction motor (right) and stator (left) at the GM Powertrain Engineering Development Center Friday, 15 January 2010 in Pontiac, Michigan. GM will invest some $246 million in the next-generation hybrid system and a manufacturing site for the motors, and will announce the new site and specifics later this week.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

When CSP set up its Center of Excellence for Lightweight Technologies and Carbon Fiber Processes in Pouancé, France, in 2013, the goal was to develop processes to make the use of carbon fiber in high volume applications affordable and feasible. The company has operations on three continents and more than 4,300 employees.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

General Motors announced the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center, an all-new facility that will significantly expand the company's battery technology operations and accelerate development and commercialization of longer range, more affordable electric vehicle batteries. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 1, 2024

car manufacturing.” ” 2024 GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 Ford announced its joint-venture battery plant with CATL in February of last year, touting it a key to EV affordability. Located in Michigan, the plant will make LFP cells under license by CATL but will be be run by Ford.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The facilities will be led by teams of industry-leading researchers, designers and engineers located in close proximity to automakers’ manufacturing sites in North America, China and Europe. The first center is scheduled to open in Novi, Michigan with China and Europe to follow.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Spider9 , a cleantech company launched in 2011 at the University of Michigan, has finalized the license agreement for patented dynamic control systems and plans to launch its first commercial integration at the historic Henry Ford Valve Plant, known as the Water Wheel Center, in Northville, Michigan.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, introduced its 85% Long Glass Fiber (LGF) Polypropylene (PP) concentrate product family for automotive semi-structural applications at the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive TPO Conference in Detroit.

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APRIL 25, 2023

The Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan , where the Bolt has been manufactured, “will be retooled in preparation for production of Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks” next year.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million to projects at eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. University of Michigan. University of Michigan-Dearborn.

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JUNE 11, 2018

First, it is not reasonable to assume that, by 2050, every household in the world will be able to afford a vehicle. We in the developed countries cannot successfully argue that the mobility afforded to us by personal vehicles is something to be curtailed in the developing countries for the benefit of us all. in China, 4.8

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JULY 27, 2021

The Michigan automaker will stay in its home state for this new project, launching the site in Romulus, MI, keeping with its 2010 announcement to make the state Ford’s center of excellence for EVs. Ion Park will be held at a refurbished 270,000 square foot facility.

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JULY 29, 2021

Awardees across 12 projects will focus on developing next-generation lithium batteries with improved lifespan, safety, and affordability; improving the performance and durability of electrolytes that carry ions within batteries; and increasing the power density of electric drive systems. Western Michigan University. Clemson University.

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MAY 18, 2021

Earlier today, the President spoke at Ford Motor Company’s Dearborn plant in Michigan and revealed more details about his plans to expand the EV sector in the United States. “That’s a fast ass truck,” the POTUS said, according to Levine. Biden was likely impressed by the electric F-150’s instant torque.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

The research will take place in the Corktown neighborhood, the site of Ford’s new mobility innovation district, anchored by Michigan Central Station. This is the first US infrastructure-based solution for automated valet parking where the vehicle will park itself inside a parking garage.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

billion in funding for Michigan firms, the majority of which—$12.4 The availability of domestically manufactured lithium ion batteries is critical to both the DoD and to the ability of our automotive manufacturers to produce the next generation of ground vehicles. $10 Carl Levin, D-Mich.,

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

Ford is reportedly considering building a new battery manufacturing plant to produce lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. At the same time, battery manufacturers have been rushing to the United States to establish supply deals and factories in what is becoming “America’s battery belt.”

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MARCH 28, 2024

billion investment last February to build a new LFP plant (BlueOval Battery Park Michigan). The American automaker will manufacture the cells with knowledge from CATL. Several automakers, including Ford and GM, have announced plans to introduce more affordable EVs as demand for lower-cost electric options climbs.

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JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. Michigan Technological University.

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The facility employs over 8,500 people with workers participating in a profit-sharing scheme that affords them an additional $1,000 (atop any bonuses they were getting) for every billion Ford makes in North American pretax profits. Image: UAW] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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JULY 17, 2023

That’s unwell $9,979 from sooner than however nonetheless up $10,321 from when the F-150 Lightning entered manufacturing in April 2022. Ford mentioned it was once ready to manufacture the fresh value cuts because of progressed economies of scale on the truck’s Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan.

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MARCH 4, 2023

The truck’s production ramp costs $2 billion across three Ford production facilities in Michigan, including its main production facility, the Rouge EV Center. Ford’s latest electric vehicle production push is part of its larger plan to reach an annual run rate of 2 million vehicles by 2026. What do you think of the article?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

billion battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, citing a need to reevaluate how best to ‘competitively run the plant.’ Several factors drive these concerns, such as lack of charging infrastructure, range limitations, affordability, weight, battery mineral availability, grid capacity, consumer demand and impact on financial performance.

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MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Earlier post.) Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas.

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