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Dunamis Charge’s community-driven initiatives are connecting underserved communities to free public EV charging

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The churches and nonprofits, mainly located in Detroit, MI, receive training and marketing materials through the program. Each site host determines the cost of each charging session for EV drivers. Dunamis Charge also partnered with ChargerHelp for charger maintenance.

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Report: Tariffs Could Lead To Halt In Auto Production

The Truth About Cars

According to The Detroit Free Press , the firm has put out three possible scenarios that could play out, depending on how the trade wars go. That last one means tariffs would continue for a long time and cars would cost more, either because of the tariffs or because automakers would shift some production back to the U.S.

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Abandoned History: America's 1970s Convertible Controversy, Who's to Blame?

The Truth About Cars

Nader asserted the Detroit automakers knew their cars weren’t safe and had flawed designs, and sold them to the unsuspecting public anyway. The Detroit automakers were of course against such testing, and claimed, alongside the Automobile Manufacturers Association, that testing both sides of the roof was “unnecessary.”

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Trump's Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China Have Begun

The Truth About Cars

All three Detroit car companies have significant manufacturing operations north and south of the border and vehicles often cross the international lines more than once, which could add thousands to the cost of new cars. President Trump believes that the tariffs will force automakers to bring more production into the U.S.,

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GM renames Detroit-Hamtramck to Factory ZERO; $2.2B investment to reconfigure it to all EV assembly

Green Car Congress

General Motors announced its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center will be known as Factory ZERO, reconfigured to an all-electric vehicle assembly plant. billion investment in Factory ZERO, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center for retooling and upgrades will position the facility to build EVs at scale. Out with the old, in with the new.

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Detroit Electric and Integrated Energy sign MOU on EV sales and V2X project in S. Korea’s Jeju Island

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The MOU establishes a process for appointing Integrated Energy to be the dealer of Detroit Electric products in Jeju Island, South Korea. Integrated Energy and Detroit Electric foresee the potential to further deploy this V2X technology to other regions in South Korea, after a successful implementation of the initial V2X pilot program.

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Tata Technologies displays eMO low-cost city EV engineering study at Detroit Show

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Tata Technologies, a global provider of engineering services and product development IT, was selected by Michelin to display its electric MObility (eMO) engineering study EV as part of the Michelin Challenge Design display at the 2012 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. The 4-passenger study is equipped with an 18.4

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