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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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In addition, the newly announced manufacturing innovation institute topics now under competition include: Robotics in Manufacturing Environments Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Georgia Institute of Technology; Idaho National Laboratory; Jet Propulsion National Laboratory; Lamar U.; Missouri U. Power America (Raleigh, NC).

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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

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SMART is focusing on global urban regions, and has identified five “themes” that fill unaddressed gaps and guide and inform the program’s collaborative research, pilot projects, and education activities. The initiative, which funds 10 global sustainability research projects in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and the United States.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Construction of US manufacturing capabilities to produce the second-generation GM global rear-wheel electric drive system. Expanding established propulsion systems into a volume manufacturing environment. State of Colorado State of Georgia Fort Collins, CO Boulder, CO Atlanta, GA. Detroit, MI Warren, MI. Technology.

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The Aftershocks of the EV Transition Could Be Ugly

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The introduction of any new system causes perturbations within the current operating environment, which in turn, create behavioral responses, some predictable, many not. US President Joe Biden speaks at the Detroit Auto show on September 14, 2022. Even relatively straightforward technologies are no different (see sidebar).