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JANUARY 20, 2022

GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. They could also back up or temporarily replace grid-sourced electricity for residential and small commercial enterprises at times of power disruption. Our vision of an all-electric future is broader than just passenger vehicles or even transportation.

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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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JUNE 24, 2024

Natron Energy , a sodium-ion battery manufacturer, has started commercial-scale operations at its facility in Holland, Michigan. Natron will begin battery shipments in June for data centers and then for a wide range of end markets, including industrial mobility, EV fast charging and telecom.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Germany-based AKASOL, a manufacturer of high-performance lithium-ion battery systems for commercial vehicles, plans to open a production facility in the metro Detroit area of Michigan. AKASOL’s new Michigan production facility will have a similar capacity to the firm’s current series production site in Lange, Germany.

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MARCH 20, 2024

The company plans to use the funds to expand its battery pack assembly facilities in Springboro, Ohio and Lake Orion, Michigan. Applications in high-voltage market segments include electrified fleet and commercial vehicles and other EVs. ABS has customers and offtake agreements in both market segments.

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MARCH 20, 2024

The company plans to use the funds to expand its battery pack assembly facilities in Springboro, Ohio and Lake Orion, Michigan. Applications in high-voltage market segments include electrified fleet and commercial vehicles and other EVs. ABS has customers and offtake agreements in both market segments.

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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.)

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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.). Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

The hop-on, hop-off service connects the residential area at Pullman Pointe and South Pointe Village apartments to the commercial district along Commercial Drive and Fishers Corner Boulevard, Municipal Drive and 116th Street, including a stop along the new Nickel Plate Trail.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

We are now freeing up these funds to focus them on the technologies that are crucial to our long-term corporate success in the transformation of our industry. In the future, Daimler Truck AG will focus on the further progression of zero-emission drive technologies as well as further development of commercial heavy-duty drivetrains.

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JULY 19, 2023

Manufacturing of the pilot vehicles has kicked off in partnership with Roush Industries, Inc. at its facility in Livonia, Michigan. is a US-based company headquartered in Oak Park, Michigan. Bollinger Motors is developing all-electric commercial chassis cabs Classes 4-6 and all-electric SUV consumer vehicles.

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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). Sivak and Schoettle. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

This approach will enable GM to expand its reach to a larger, more diverse group of commercial customers, helping organizations meet the growing demand for zero-emissions technology while achieving their own sustainability targets. —Travis Hester, GM vice president of Electric Vehicle Growth Operations. a Textron Inc.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

University of Michigan will award more than $1 million in grant funding to technologies that demonstrate high potential for solving transportation's toughest challenges. The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Transportation ( MTRAC ) program, in partnership with the Michigan Economic Development Corp.,

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MAY 6, 2021

In Michigan, Ann Arbor and Roseville Public Schools are operating six Jouleys in partnership with DTE Energy. The Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley couples 226 kWh of total energy capacity from Proterra’s industry-leading battery technology, the highest standard battery capacity in the industry, with a Proterra electric drivetrain.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

Alcoa Power and Propulsion, a unit of lightweight, high-performance metals leader Alcoa, is doubling its high-technology coating capacity at its Whitehall, Michigan facility. In addition to jet engines, the coating process is applied to parts used to build industrial gas turbines.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

announced that its fleet of natural gas vehicles (NGVs) has surpassed 100 million miles of operations, making it the first commercial fleet outsourcing provider to reach this milestone. Ryder plays an important role in advancing the environmental sustainability of commercial transportation and logistics. Ryder System, Inc.

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JULY 20, 2015

The University of Michigan has opened Mcity, the first large controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars. MTC is a public-private partnership among industry, government and academia.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

In this analysis, I examined recent changes in the contribution of transportation to total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States relative to the other sources of emissions (industry, commercial, residential, and agriculture). to 58.7%), and a decrease for non-commercial aircraft from (5.1% territories.).

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AUGUST 18, 2015

By contrast, the higher viscosity of commercially produced vegetable oils prevents their direct use in most diesel engines; thus the vegetable oil needs either to be heated before entering the engine and fuel filters, or transesterified to methyl or ethyl esters to produce biodiesel. hydroxyl, epoxy, etc.).

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JUNE 3, 2020

The number of available and announced models of zero-emission trucks, buses and off-road equipment in the United States and Canada is on track to rise nearly 78% by the end of 2020 compared to year-end 2019, according to the Zero-Emission Technology Inventory ( ZETI ), a product of CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero program.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The agreement aims to close the loop for lithium-ion batteries in North America, with BASF producing cathode active materials from recycled metals in Battle Creek, Michigan, for the usage in lithium-ion battery cells produced by Nanotech Energy.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Over the last two years DSD has also invested heavily in additional test facilities as the industry accelerates its shift to electrified powertrains, to ensure customers can robustly develop their products at the pace that the industry now demands. Following continued investment of more than $2.5 million in the past 3 years, DSD Inc.

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JUNE 8, 2021

This could be a game-changer as the automotive industry looks for ways to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels and indicates just how important this project is. Once the dynamic system undergoes full evaluation at GRID-C, it will be tested at the American Center for Mobility in Michigan. Credit: Carlos Jones, ORNL/US Dept.

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MARCH 21, 2019

billion investment in global electric vehicles, Ford is expanding its BEV manufacturing footprint to its Flat Rock Assembly plant in southeast Michigan. This is good news for the future of southeast Michigan, delivering more good-paying manufacturing jobs. Tied to the company’s $11.1-billion

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

recently entered into a five-year agreement with Western Michigan University (WMU) to invest in and jointly staff a 1,000-square-foot testing lab to focus on hybrid drive systems for commercial and military vehicles. Eaton Corp. Eaton is a charter member of the CAViDS consortium, along with Dana Corp.;

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

XALT Energy, a company of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, is a Midland, Michigan-based global developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion technology solutions. XALT Energy is working in partnership with Motor Coach Industries (MCI), a US subsidiary of NFI Group Inc. MCI will send its D45 CRTe LE CHARGE to Altoona, Pa., Fuel cells.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

Graphex has more ethan a decade of commercial experience producing 10,000 metric tons per annum of battery-grade purified spherical graphite at its facility in Heilongjiang Province, China, for the power battery market. Reforme was founded by the team that developed a first in the sorting and beneficiating of iron ore.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Researchers will then scale up the most promising technologies at the ReCell Center facilities located at Argonne, where industrial collaborators can explore the technologies and develop them further. from reaping the economic, environmental and security benefits that come with having a large commercial U.S.-based

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Graphex Group has entered into an exclusive non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Municipal Government of Mashan District, Jixi City, Heilongjiang, China with the intention of expanding its graphite processing and production capacity within the Jixi Mashan Graphite Industrial Park.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Lower Thermal Budget Processes for Industrial Efficiency & Productivity: $28.7 million for 8 projects to conduct novel research on industrial process heating and drying technologies to increase energy efficiency and product quality. Lower Thermal Budget Processes for Industrial Efficiency & Productivity: $28.7 Of the $65.9

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AUGUST 22, 2012

(MBRDNA) is supporting the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Model Deployment ( earlier post ) with eight Mercedes-Benz C-300 passenger vehicles and three Freightliner heavy-duty commercial trucks with fully integrated 5.9 The commercial vehicles display warnings through tablet devices installed in the cockpit.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Both of these acquisitions align with Allison’s leading innovator position in propulsion technology, and will complement its existing capabilities to advance electrification adoption in commercial vehicles. The EV systems division is located at AxleTech’s headquarters in Troy, Michigan.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

a leading graphene company, announced that it was the winning bidder for a significant portion of the assets of XG Sciences Inc, a developer of silicon-graphene anode materials ( earlier post ), in a sale conducted by XG’s senior secured creditor pursuant to Article 9 of Michigan’s enactment of the Uniform Commercial Code.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

The two companies will also pursue technology cooperation for developing advanced ESS solutions tailored for commercial, industrial and utility market. Its existing factories in Korea, Poland and Michigan are also scheduled to expand. They include enclosure, heat management and other balance of system.

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MARCH 23, 2021

Each team will work to bring new water and wastewater-treatment technologies from the applied research and development stage to commercial readiness. The 16 projects selected by DOE will help provide sustainable water sources and affordable treatment options to industry, municipalities, agriculture, utilities, and the oil and gas sector.

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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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