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New bipartisan bill in US Congress to expand EV and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits

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The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp., The Nature Conservancy, Toyota Motor North America, Union of Concerned Scientists, Volkswagen Group of America, and Volta. The Driving America Forward Act is supported by 60 organizations, including ABB Inc., ITC Holdings Corp.,

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USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products

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Vilsack highlighted the announcement with a visit to Michigan State University, a grant awardee. Michigan State University, $349,695. The ISU report, Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation, shows that “the history of biobased automobile parts begins early in the development of automobiles themselves.

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As UAW crash looms, Biden management considers help for petite providers, document says

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producers that provide portions to the Detroit 3 are in a vulnerable monetary situation later the injury of pandemic shutdowns and next semiconductor shortages that depressed automobile manufacturing on the 3 firms for a lot of the day 3 years. The automobile portions production business employs 4.8 Many smaller U.S.

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How many vehicles can the earth sustain?

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Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. ?The

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Automaker lobbyist group predicts doom, gloom over CAFE

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At the recent CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan, representative of both the EPA and the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) debated over.

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SF Motors to acquire EV battery module startup InEVit, headed by Martin Eberhard

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The company has also established a research and development (R&D) facility outside Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sokon’s primary business comprises automobile manufacturing, engine manufacturing and auto parts manufacturing.

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CAR report quantifies automotive’s position as a leading high-tech industry

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The report, supported by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, measures the technological nature of today’s auto industry and compares it to other sectors of the economy often viewed as technologically advanced. In raw numbers of electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineers, Michigan ranks second only to California.