Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, Events, Featured, Smart Mobility Today
Smart Mobility Today Host Cindy Polakowski spoke with Ed Perosky, Senior VP for Product Development at Aisin Corporation. They met at the Detroit Auto Show at Huntington Place. Ranging from how Aisin is leading through change, to a discussion around technology and AI,...
Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, Featured, Michigan
Michigan needs to confront risks to its $348 billion piece of the global automotive industry this year and move decisively toward keeping jobs, engineering and production in the state. That message comes from Glenn Stevens, executive director of statewide industry...
Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, China, Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer warned Thursday, Jan. 15, that tariffs and global competition, particularly from China, threaten Michigan’s auto industry during her keynote address at the Detroit Auto Show. Speaking during her final auto show as governor, Whitmer said the auto...
Jan 15, 2026 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Tariffs, US Economy
President Donald Trump arrived in Detroit on Tuesday to celebrate what he called a historic manufacturing revival, boasting that “investment is booming” and turbocharging growth. But the auto industry’s supposed recovery has yet to show up where it matters most for...
Jan 12, 2026 | Smart Mobility Today
A few years back on a family excursion, we spent the morning at the Kellogg Biological Station-W.K. Kellogg Farm Pasture Dairy Center in Kalamazoo County, MI. I stood mesmerized as the cows filed in at their own leisure to the automatic milking stations; no stress, no...
Jan 8, 2026 | Drones, First Responders
Mayor Joe Ganim, City Council members and police and fire officials stood on the Bridgeport Government Center’s rooftop parking lot Tuesday afternoon, gazing up at a drone hovering in the air above them. At one point, Ganim took hold of the drone’s...
Jan 8, 2026 | Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Featured, Michigan
The increasing prevalence of data centers in Michigan may leave residents wondering if Michigan’s water infrastructure can keep up. In a 2023 report from the American Society of Civil Engineers, Michigan received a C for wastewater management, D+ grade for drinking...
Jan 8, 2026 | Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence
What if you could look into a cow’s face and know whether it had a fever? A new tool from the Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision Lab at the University of Arkansas uses artificial intelligence and thermal cameras to estimate the body temperature of...
Jan 8, 2026 | Energy, Featured, Solar
The elimination of tax credits for residential heat pumps, solar panels and batteries will make electrifying your home more expensive in 2026, and tariffs and made-in-America mandates could add additional costs. Just how pricey remains to be seen. New financing models...
Jan 8, 2026 | Auto Industry, Tariffs
Aluminium consumers in the United States are paying record high prices, significantly above the level import levies and transport costs would warrant, as tight supplies globally aggravate the impact of tariffs and low U.S. inventories. Needed by industries such as...
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