Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The partnership is the result of a grant Eaton’s Vehicle Group received from the US Department of Energy to develop highly efficient hydrogen fuel cells capable of powering heavy-duty machinery. The new fuel cell technology will leverage Eaton’s Twin Vortices Series (TVS) technology to improve fuel efficiency.

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MARCH 1, 2023

The US Department of Transportation has awarded a $15-million grant to renew the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT), based in Ann Arbor and led by the University of Michigan. CCAT is part of an expansive University of Michigan portfolio of research tied to the future of mobility.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

A new $1-million relationship between Michigan State University and ExxonMobil will expand research designed to progress the fundamental science required to advance algae-based fuels. There is a need to improve photosynthesis under simulated production environments. Under realistic growth conditions however, this efficiency drops.

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MARCH 25, 2014

The University of Michigan is proceeding to the construction phase of a new $6.5-million Funding will be provided by the College of Engineering, the Office of Research, the Office of the Provost, and a grant from the Michigan Department of Transportation. Current plans call for the facility to be completed by the fall of 2014.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2011

The University of Michigan has launched a new $1.2-million —Arun Agrawal, professor of natural resources and environment and co-principal investigator for the project. million research project called the Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities. SNRE postdoctoral fellow Ahmad Safi is also working on the project.

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MARCH 20, 2015

The grants will fund projects such as retrofitting older school buses to improve air quality for children riding to school, upgrading marine propulsion and agriculture engines, and replacing long haul truck engines. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) Ventures, Inc.,

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Teslarati

JANUARY 16, 2024

Eight public school districts in Michigan have been awarded grant money to buy electric buses, as part of federal funding from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Michigan has also received funding for electric buses on a few separate occasions in the past. Michigan’s EGLE contributed a $4.2

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

Six research teams from the University of Michigan (U-M) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) have won a share of $1.16 The energy projects chosen seek to improve electric vehicle batteries, to model the impact of renewable energy policy on the economy and the environment, and to better understand the combustion biodiesel fuels.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding up to $435 million in grant awards for 34 University Transportation Centers (UTC). The Department received 230 grant applications during this competition, which represents the largest number of applications ever submitted in the 35-year history of the UTC Program.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

These teams will investigate the fate of petroleum in the environment; the impacts of the spill; and the development of new tools and technology for responding to future spills and improving mitigation and restoration. The new grant recipients were selected using a competitive merit-review process.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Earlier post.) The 2.866 million square-foot plant was built in 1957.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

The report authors acknowledge the difficulty of defining “high-tech” in an ever-changing economic environment. In raw numbers of electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineers, Michigan ranks second only to California. In terms of engineers per 1,000 jobs, Michigan vastly outranks all others. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. DOE grant: $7,200,000). DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Grant: $4,000,000). DOE grant: $1,999,447). DOE grant: $9,000,000). Earlier post.) Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc.,

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Blink Charging awarded grant funds to deploy DC fast chargers by Michigan EGLE-Press Release . The six DC fast chargers were installed at two separate locations in Traverse City and Clare, Michigan, United States. The Michigan grant award further increases Blink’s footprint in the state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2015

A researcher at The University of Texas at Austin will receive two grants totaling $15 million to study switchgrass ( Panicum virgatum ), with a focus on how it can become a sustainable source of bioenergy. Additionally, the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a four-year grant of $4 million to Juenger and his team. Tom Juenger.

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APRIL 14, 2021

But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

The vehicle can generate a 360-degree image of its environment by combining the data from different sensor technologies, ensuring redundancy and a higher level of accuracy than before. Continental has held a stake in this driverless vehicle manufacturer since 2017. The pilot will begin in late August and last up to six months.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2013

A team of University of Michigan researchers has been awarded a $2-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to identify and to test naturally diverse groups of green algae that can be grown together to create a high-yield, environmentally sustainable and cost-effective system to produce next-generation biofuels.

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JULY 17, 2014

million in research grants are awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006 focused on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing nonfood plant biomass for the production of fuels such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. Robin Buell, Michigan State University. DOE-BER funded.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

Every CELESTIQ will be constructed at the General Motors Global Technical Center, in Warren, Michigan. The CELESTIQ manufacturing area is a high-security “clean room”-type environment known as the Artisan Center, with access granted only to the artisans involved with construction.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 14, 2022

TU Berlin ] Cassie Blue navigates around furniture treated as obstacles in the Ford Robotics Building at the University of Michigan. Michigan Robotics ] Thanks, Bruce! This super cool soft robotic finger from TU Berlin is able to read braille with astonishing accuracy by using sound as a sensor. [

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JANUARY 20, 2015

These use three-dimensional laser scanning technology to create a real-time map of their environment, then compare that real-time map to a pre-drawn map stored in the system. This work was supported by a grant from Ford Motor Co. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

million research grant to establish an Automotive Research Center (ARC) at the U-M. ” In any case, the environment was one of excitement, as the University of Michigan’s 234- seat Chesebrough Auditorium was packed to standing room only capacity by the conclusion of the opening remarks. by James Garay, ARC. “ Footnotes. [

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 26, 2024

While appliances can be taken for granted, Cruz loves that her work contributes in its own small way to the quality of life of so many. “I She was offered a position there as an electrical engineer and moved to Michigan later that year. And reliability is key. “If Cruz didn’t realize that the call was actually a job interview.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

In addition, a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Michigan returned an indictment charging six VW executives and employees for their roles in the nearly 10-year conspiracy. Cox of the Eastern District of Michigan. The resolution comprises four settlements, including a plea agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ).

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APRIL 30, 2010

The grants will go to projects in 17 states. Michigan State). Another key technical goal is protecting catalysts from degradation in industrial environments. Evaluations were based on scientific and technical merit and the potential for high impact on national energy and economic goals. Electrofuels: Biofuels from Electricity.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. I have had memberships in the EAA, Tucson EAA, and West Michigan EV and Plug-in Vehicle Enthusiasts. Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board?

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. I have had memberships in the EAA, Tucson EAA, and West Michigan EV and Plug-in Vehicle Enthusiasts. Jonathan Macias Current Profession: Grant Manager for County Government and CEO/Founder of Sky Island, LLC How will you add value to the EAA Board?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2024

state of Illinois has been granted almost $20 million to help several areas transition to electric school buses, as part of a program within President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Thanks to our federal and local partners, we’re creating healthier and cleaner environments for students and communities across the state.”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). Another potential use of allowance value is to provide the general public a “dividend” related to the public’s having granted firms the right to make use of the waste-disposal services of the atmosphere through their emissions.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

The Open Environment and How It Changed PARC started with a small nucleus—perhaps fewer than 20 people. in 1973 and is now associate dean and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. “I The language was now “a mature programming environment,” Ingalls said. “We

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Not since the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 has the United States government taken such bold action on the environment as it did with the passage and signing of the $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) earlier this month. billion for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles and $1.71

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