by dankeelan | Oct 24, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Electric Vehicles, Energy, Michigan
As electric vehicles land in driveways across Michigan, one of the state’s largest utilities will deploy 18,000 artificial intelligence-powered devices to better understand their impact on the electric grid. Consumers Energy says the modules, to be installed on...
by dankeelan | Mar 28, 2024 | Electric Vehicles, Featured, Michigan
Ford Motor Co. is dramatically cutting the hourly workforce at the factory that builds the Ford F-150 Lightning starting next week, as the automaker slashes product targets of its all-electric pickup. Of the 2,100 workers who make up three work crews at the Rouge...
by dankeelan | Mar 28, 2024 | Featured, Michigan, Nuclear
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm toured the Holtec Palisades Training Center on Thursday before announcing the federal government’s commitment to offer a $1.5 billion conditional loan to restart the Palisades nuclear plant. ...
by dankeelan | Mar 21, 2024 | E-Bikes, Michigan
Mountain bicyclists may soon have some company on trails across Michigan: riders on electric bicycles. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has proposed opening state park trails currently off-limits to e-bikes. Class 1 e-bikes, already allowed on...
by dankeelan | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured, Hydrogen, Michigan
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell said Wednesday that a Norwegian company will receive a $50 million award toward a Plymouth Township facility it’s building to help produce renewable hydrogen for fuel. The award to Nel Hydrogen from the U.S. Energy Department announced...
by dankeelan | Jan 25, 2024 | Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Featured, Michigan
Representative Debbie Dingell announced that $9.5 million will go to Michigan projects advancing EV and battery technology. Announced Thursday, the money from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will be for three projects to advance research and...
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