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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage company ( earlier post ), unveiled a 240-Ah prismatic anode-free cell after a successful 12-month R&D effort. The technology will enable the commercialization of ONE’s Gemini dual-chemistry architecture, which will be integrated into a BMW iX prototype vehicle later this year.

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JULY 18, 2023

Ford said that it is taking advantage of increased plant capacity, continued work on scaling production and cost, and improving battery raw material costs to help lower the MSRP of F-150 Lightning for all customers. In addition, Ford Credit is offering eligible buyers interest rates as low as 1.9% APR for 36-months.

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JUNE 8, 2021

The study will look at developing an understanding of how this technology can be connected to the electricity network and aims to minimize network reinforcement costs, while enabling the connection of low carbon technologies to benefit our customers. —Steven Pinkerton-Clark, WPD’s Innovation & Low Carbon Network Engineer.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

million research center, led by Michigan Engineering and funded by the US Department of Energy, will focus on understanding an emerging branch of science involving mechanical and chemical phenomena that affect advanced battery designs. Those include long-duration energy storage and hydrogen fuel cells.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. Ford transformed Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7

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JANUARY 30, 2017

Over the past three years, GM and Honda have been collaborating on next-generation fuel cell and hydrogen storage systems, aiming at commercialization in the 2020 time frame. FCSM will operate within GM’s existing battery pack manufacturing facility site in Brownstown, Michigan, south of Detroit. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

We will be designing commercial-scale facilities that could produce as much as 300,000 gallons per day from the same kinds of feedstocks. IH 2 technology has the capability to produce gasoline at a cost of less than $2.00 GTI anticipates full-scale commercial plants converting 2,000 tons a day will be operating by 2014.

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JUNE 25, 2014

The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and General Motors (GM) are partnering on a multi-year, multi-million dollar joint effort to accelerate the reduction of automotive fuel cell stack costs through fuel cell material and manufacturing research and development (R&D). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

At that time, Nikola and GM announced a strategic partnership that included GM taking an 11% stake in the Nikola and began with the Nikola Badger and carried cost reductions through Nikola’s programs, including: Nikola Badger, Nikola Tre, Nikola One, Nikola Two and NZT. Nikola disputed the report.

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DECEMBER 9, 2011

Longyear LLC, signed a non-binding letter of intent to support the construction of a commercial-scale wood-based cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Kinross; at the time, construction was projected to begin this year. In January, Valero invested in Mascoma ( earlier post ).

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MAY 10, 2022

In addition to environmental benefits, using eTRU technology reduces fuel and maintenance costs. The company’s expert technicians will install the systems at its facilities in Charlotte and Statesville, North Carolina; Springfield, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Dublin, Virginia; and Mineral Wells, West Virginia.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

GM is launching a broad portfolio of trucks, SUVs, luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles using the Ultium Platform, including the GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and SUV, GMC Sierra EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Cadillac CELESTIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV, Chevrolet Blazer EV, Chevrolet Equinox EV, BrightDrop Zevo 400 and BrightDrop Zevo 600.

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MAY 24, 2010

Ford Motor Company, moving to create a center of excellence in Michigan for vehicle electrification, is investing $135 million to design, engineer and produce key components for the company’s next-generation hybrid-electric vehicles. Ford’s investment also supports the necessary engineering and launch costs for the advanced battery systems.

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APRIL 10, 2012

Coulomb Technologies has shipped more than 2,400 public and commercial charging stations for electric vehicles through its $37-million ChargePoint America program. Washington DC/Baltimore, Southern Michigan (including Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ann Arbor and Detroit). San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Redmond/Bellevue, Wash.,

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JANUARY 11, 2012

Renewable fuels company Mascoma Corporation has implemented key components of the commercialization strategy for its Mascoma Grain Technology, or MGT, yeast product—the first commercial application of Mascoma’s proprietary consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology platform. Mascoma and Lallemand Specialties, Inc.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

The program lives within Michigan Central, a new mobility innovation district being developed by Ford. This is the second of two studios opening as part of the partnership announced in 2020 between Newlab and Michigan Central.

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MARCH 8, 2010

million in project funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) under contract over a four year period to advance fuel cell commercialization. million as prime for a contract that will focus on improvements in fuel cell durability and cost. Ballard Power Systems has $6.2

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MAY 14, 2020

GEMINA’s goal is to reduce fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from ~13 $/MWh in the current fleet to ~2 $/MWh in the advanced fleet. These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce O&M costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants. —ARPA-E Director Lane Genatowski.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. These methodologies will significantly decrease the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of the final HKT design.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Recycled materials from lithium-ion batteries can be reused in new batteries, reducing production costs by 10 to 30 percent, which could help lower the overall cost of electric vehicle (EV) batteries to DOE’s goal of $80 per kilowatt hour. The ReCell Center will help expedite the pursuit to profitable lithium-ion battery recycling.

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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. GM’s joint venture with LG Chem to develop and mass produce battery cells will drive cell costs below $100 per kWh. Solid-state batteries.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Assembly of Motiv’s EPIC chassis at DCP enables more efficient and cost-effective production and reduced build times to meet growing customer demands for zero-emission commercial truck offerings. DCP has long served as the production facility for Ford’s F-59 commercial truck chassis. DCC assembly line with EPIC.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The company will also be talking through its capabilities in North America, at its Farmington Hills, Michigan facility, to provide enhanced support to its US customer base. These complement existing DSD facilities, which include a 450kW highly transient ETPS machine (Engine Torque Pulse Simulator) and three battery emulators.

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JUNE 3, 2023

pCAM is a specifically engineered combination of processed raw materials necessary to produce CAM, a key battery material representing about 40% of the cost of a battery cell. 2023 - GM announced plans to build EV motors for BrightDrop light commercial vehicles at its St. 2021 - Announced long-term supply with MP Materials for U.S.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $187 million in funding, including $48 million of cost-share, for 55 projects in 25 states to support innovative advanced manufacturing research and development. These projects address high-impact manufacturing technology, materials, and process challenges. Of the $65.9 million, $24.2

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Following the close of the transaction, the combined company is expected to be one of the leading pure-play propulsion companies globally, serving light and commercial vehicle manufacturers and the aftermarket. Enhance BorgWarner’s combustion, commercial vehicle and aftermarket businesses. billion and $4.36 Drive meaningful synergies.

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JUNE 7, 2013

Among the details: The DOE awarded Powdermet $1M to commercialize its high dialectric nanoparticle filler, which can increase capacitor energy density by 20x to 100x over current technology while reducing size and weight. Powdermet, a subsidiary of Abakan Inc.,

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

These funds will support the overall growth of Motiv, including opening a new engineering and manufacturing facility in Detroit, Michigan, as well as facilitate further growth in the large-fleet customer segment. The Series B round of investment was led by investors GMAG Holdings Corp. and Winnebago.

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JANUARY 8, 2013

The project will run two years, relying on biology to rapidly and cost-effectively screen natural enzyme diversity for the best performing enzymes. Novozymes has already reduced the cost of enzyme production for biofuels by 90%. Development of a Commercial-Ready Enzyme Application System for Ethanol: $12.3 Earlier post.)

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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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JUNE 27, 2023

GM is scaling EV production in North America well past 1 million units annually and our direct investments in battery raw materials, processing and components for EVs are providing certainty of supply, favorable commercial terms and thousands of new jobs, especially in the US, Canada and free trade agreement countries like Australia.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what could be a tacit admission the transition to electric vehicles is going approximately as smoothly as a Michigan secondary road, it is being reported that suits at the Blue Oval are rolling back some of the requirements demanded of dealers in order to shill EVs to customers.

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MARCH 23, 2021

These projects, operating in 13 states, have the potential to reduce carbon emissions and water-treatment costs while improving water quality and equity of distribution nationwide. Each team will work to bring new water and wastewater-treatment technologies from the applied research and development stage to commercial readiness.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Specifically, the team has been focused on improving cycle time, utilizing automated preforming and lowering the cost of the carbon fiber materials. The new carbon fiber RTM press installed at the CSP facility in Palmela, Portugal, will soon be running the company’s first commercial applications of this technology.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Graphex will be responsible to obtain all appropriate approvals for the development and construction of the project as well as the costs of the facility construction. Graphex also recently announced plans to construct a CSG production facility in Michigan. The final site selection for the project will be subject to final approval.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

SMARTFARM teams will work to design and develop systems to quantify feedstock production life cycle GHG emissions at the field level reliably, accurately, and cost-effectively. The sensor will enable high-accuracy and real-time decision data for cost-effective carbon removal, storage, and management. Michigan Aerospace Corporation.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

The new ENLITE products have the highest glass fiber concentration (85%) of any PP LGF concentrate available commercially for automotive semi-structural applications, which enables lighter weight interior parts at lower total cost compared to steel and aluminum.

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